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Police investigating death of 4-week-old boy
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/11/police-investigating-death-4-week-old-boy/news-breaking/
CLEARWATER - The father of a 4-week-old boy who died last week made a video clip on a camera in which he says he "was sorry that he did something to the baby," according to court documents made available this week.
Craig Wall Sr. has not been charged in the death of his son, Craig Wall Jr. An investigation is ongoing.
Clearwater Police spokeswoman Elizabeth Watts said this afternoon the department is not commenting on what caused the baby's death.
But on Saturday, detectives seized Wall's camera, a red Nikon Coolpix, after the mother of the child, Laura Taft, found the video clip and told the detectives about it, according to an affidavit for a search warrant.
On Friday, Wall called 911 from the family's apartment at 635 Fairwood Ave., Apt. 372, and said his infant son was not breathing and had mucus in his mouth. The child was flown to All Children's Hospital, where he was on life support until Saturday, the search warrant says.
Wall told police Taft placed the baby in bed with him, and that he fell asleep next to the baby, the court documents say. He said the baby woke him up later that morning with his crying and coughing.
A doctor at All Children's Hospital who examined the child said he had a number of fractured ribs on his left side, and a CAT scan indicated there was swelling on the left side of the baby's brain, the documents state. There was also retinal hemorrhaging.
The doctor also said the injuries would not have been caused by a proper application of CPR, the documents say. The doctor "also suspected that the baby was either shaken or thrown into a soft-type surface to cause the injury to the brain," the documents say.
When talking to authorities, Wall denied shaking or intentionally harming the baby, the documents say.
The camera was placed alongside a shrine next to the baby's bassinet, and an officer took a look at the video clip before the search warrant was obtained. "She observed Craig Wall stating that he was sorry that he did something to the baby and that he did not mean to make the baby cry," the documents say.
http://www2.tbo.com/content/2010/feb/11/police-investigating-death-4-week-old-boy/news-breaking/