He told the police he fed and swaddled the 6Mo infant before putting them down for a nap. The child was his girlfriend's.
After further investigation, Willie George Northern Jr. was identified as a suspect and taken into custody just before 2 a.m. on Jan. 5. He was initially charged with first-degree cruelty to children and tampering with evidence. After the infant died late Jan. 6, investigators obtained a warrant charging Northern with murder.
Bibb County man faces murder charge after death of girlfriend's baby
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office investigator has arrested a man and filed a murder charge following the death of a six-month-old infant who was found unresponsive at a Macon home earlier this month.
