Sentenced: N. Texas Father Blamed His 4YO Son For Dropping 2MO Causing Fatal Injuries

[Sugar Cookie]

Joseph Matthew Welborn, 26, a father of five was arrested and charged for murdering his 2-month-old son.

The Tarrant County medical examiner ruled 2-month-old Christian Welborn died from a fractured skull.

The affidavit says the medical examiner found the “victim had two complex skull fractures...there were at least two impacts and most likely three,” and that the fractures were caused by “striking his head with or against a hard object.”

The affidavit says the father tried to blame his 4-year-old son for dropping the infant.

Investigators say CPS had been to the home hours before the child’s death last Friday and didn’t see anything wrong with the infant. The “CPS investigator...stated that she was conducting a follow up to a neglectful supervision complaint.”

“The children were not clothed properly or unsupervised while running out in the neighborhood or something of that effect,” Waybourn said.

It is not clear who contacted CPS to report the alleged neglect.

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/national/tarrant-county-father-charged-for-murdering-2-month-old-son

 

[Sejanus]

Coward

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I think this piece of shit cannot even be called a coward. To put that burden on a child that one day will grow up to find that their own dad tried to frame him for the murder of a two month is unconscionable.

 

[Olivia]

Oooooo.....they’re gonna like that hair and those feminine features in the slammer. Pucker up, buttercup. Daddy’s comin for ya.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

They should sentence him for murder and then double it for putting such a burden on a child.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

I would not trust either parent around the four year old because they might try to convince the four year old to say he did it.

 

[Busy Bee]

Even if the 4 year old child dropped his little brother the father is still at fault as he should be watching them to prevent this. Could a four year old child exert the force it would take to do this? A four year old child is not very tall, dropping from that distance most likely wouldn’t cause a fracture.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

 

[Sevens My Charm]

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn said during a news conference Friday that Welborn was home alone with the child when Christian suffered blunt force trauma to his head.

He had to blame somebody

 

[Keepalowprofile]

No trial yet.

 

[GoneWest]

No trial yet.

Thanks for at least letting us no there’s no new news.

I always get excited to see an old post updated-thinking something’s happened on the case.

At least we got a cute picture from Sugar

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his 10-week-old son in Tarrant County back in 2018.

Joseph Matthew Welborn was sentenced by a jury Thursday after pleading guilty to a charge of injury to a child causing serious bodily injury.

Tarrant County man given life sentence for the death of his 10-week-old son

A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the death of his 10-week-old son in Tarrant County back in 2018.

www.fox4news.com

 

[runninfawn]

i hope it is life without parole cuz 30 years that is usually life sentence less time serve he will still be young enough to father children

 

[Crazy Cat Lady]

"Life" should mean life. Christian didn't get to live his.