Dad killed baby because he wouldn’t stop crying, IN prosecutors say. Now he’s sentenced
An Indiana father has been sentenced in the death of his 6-month-old child who died from abusive head trauma, prosecutors said.
The Evansville man was sentenced to 60 years in prison after being found guilty in January of murder and two counts of neglect resulting in death, according to a Feb. 24 news release from the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office.
McClatchy News is not naming the man to protect the identity of his older child.
The father called 911 Jan. 25, 2024, to report that his baby was “unresponsive,” telling authorities he hit that “child the night before because the child wouldn’t stop crying,” prosecutors said.
In an interview with investigators, the 25-year-old man said he “blacks out” when he’s angry and that night he struck his son during one of those blackouts, the Courier & Press reported.
Prosecutors said the father had “voiced his displeasure with his role as a stay-at-home dad.”
“There is no excuse for a father to hit his 6-month-old baby for crying,” Chief Deputy Prosecutor Winston Lin said in the news release.
The man’s older child was evaluated for signs of abuse and was found to have abnormal bruise locations and patterns, prosecutors said.
The child’s mother was also charged in connection with the baby’s death, the Courier & Press reported.
Evansville is about a 175-mile drive southwest from Indianapolis.
This story was originally published February 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM with the headline "Dad killed baby because he wouldn’t stop crying, IN prosecutors say. Now he’s sentenced."
