My Brother's first and only grandson Gabriel was killed Sunday morning.Lee County crime: Kenneth Gerald Jones Jr. charged with capital murder in death of 14-month-old boy
By Chuck Williams and Alan Riquelmy - ariquelmy@ledger-enquirer.com --
A Smiths Station, Ala. man has been charged with capital murder in the death of a 14-month-old boy.
Kenneth Gerald Jones Jr., 24, was formally arrested today by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, said Capt. Van Jackson. He’s accused of causing the Sunday death of his live-in girlfriend’s child.
“The baby had died from blunt force trauma injuries to the head,” Jackson said. “We’re still trying to establish exactly what happened.”
Lee County authorities received a 911 call Sunday about 10:30 a.m. reporting a baby was unresponsive at a home in the 8900 block of Lee Road 240. The baby was taken by ambulance to the closest medical facility, Jack Houston Memorial Hospital in Phenix City. The baby was pronounced dead in the hospital’s emergency room about 11:30.
At that time, authorities did not suspect foul play, but the autopsy findings indicated the baby died of a homicide, Harris said.
The name of the boy is not being released.
“No further details can be released at this time as the investigation continues by the Lee County Sheriff’s office, the Lee County Coroner’s office and the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences,” according to a release from the Lee County Coroner’s Office.
