A San Antonio family says they’re shocked after the sudden death of their 3-month-old boy.
On Saturday, 3-month-old J’Anthony McKnight died at a local hospital.
“I’m just really heartbroken,” said James McKnight, the boy’s father. “I just can’t believe this would happen to my child. He didn’t harm nobody. He didn’t do nothing wrong to nobody.”
We met with the boy’s parents on Monday, including his mother 19-year-old Jasmine Ybarra.
Disturbing photos show the baby in the hospital over the weekend.
“He had a fractured skull, fractured ribs, and a few broken bones in his neck,” said McNight.
Ybarra and McNight tell us, their baby had been with his grandmother and her boyfriend Friday night. At some point that night, something went wrong.
“They were supposed to be babysitting,” said McKnight.
The grandmother’s boyfriend, 32-year-old Jose Amaya-Cantu is now in the Bexar County Jail, charged with causing severe bodily injury to J’Anthony.
According to McNight and Ybarra, Amaya-Cantu told them a car crash was responsible for their son’s fatal injuries. However, the boy’s parents don’t think there was ever a crash.
"It's not making sense at all,” said McKnight. “I just have a feeling that he abused my baby. He abused him."
Ybarra says that when she was growing up, Child Protective Services took her from her mom because of alleged drug issues. Ybarra tells us, that she had been about 8-years-old at the time.
Now, she believes her Mom is responsible for J’Anthony’s death, along with Amaya-Cantu. However, San Antonio police haven’t been able to say whether or not she’s being investigated.
"I hope they rot in hell,” said Ybarra. “They're going to pay for what they did, whether it's in jail. I mean all of this is published."
San Antonio family shocked by sudden death of three-month-old boy
A San Antonio family says they’re shocked after the sudden death of their 3-month-old boy. On Saturday, 3-month-old J’Anthony McKnight died at a local hospital. “I’m just really heartbroken,” said James McKnight, the boy’s father. “I just can’t believe this would happen to my child. He didn’t...
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The baby's mother, Jasmine Ybarra, said Friday was the last time she and her boyfriend saw their son in a healthy state.
"My mom came over and asked if she could see her grandson and that her boyfriend (Amaya-Cantu) could see him," Ybarra said.
"I let them and asked if she would like to buy him some milk. She agreed saying she wanted to also take him shopping for some little outfits," Ybarra said.
Ybarra said she did not think the trip would take long but it did. During that time, she fell asleep with her two other young children.
"The next morning, my aunt is just banging on the door asking, 'Where is J'Anthony? Where is J'Anthony?’ I told her my mom has him and she was like, 'No! He is in the hospital and a detective wants to speak with you.'"
Ybarra said she was told to get to the hospital and once she arrived, she saw her baby boy, J'Anthony.
"When I saw him, he didn’t look like my baby. He didn’t look how I left him. It was just devastating," she said.
J'Anthony was suffering from brain swelling, a fractured skull, broken bones, and broken ribs, Ybarra said.
Ybarra and James McKnight, her boyfriend and J'Anthony’s father, were told different stories of what happened to their son.
"They are saying it was a car accident and then they are saying he fell off of the bed. So, it is two different twisted stories," Ybarra said.
Ybarra said as a result of J'Anthony's death, her two other children were later taken away.
"Child Protective Services got involved and took them. They made it seem like they were in danger. It just broke me because I just lost one and you are taking my other two," Ybarra said.
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