The incident happened at Motel 6, where Jacobs, Crawford and Edward had been living since they lost their home to a fire earlier this year.
During his initial interview, according to the affidavit, Jacobs said he was changing the baby’s diaper when “he went stiff and began making gargling noises.”
“William ran downstairs to tell (redacted) that Edward was acting strange and they needed to take him to the doctor and then returned to the room,” the affidavit states. “William began shaking Edward and slapping him on the back to get him to breathe.”
While speaking with him at the hospital, Jacobs told authorities that he was “kinda rough” during that process, but in a later interview, he stated he had not been rough, the affidavit states.
A nurse who was in a neighboring room overheard the commotion and began to assist. The nurse noted that Jacobs was being too rough and took over beginning CPR and calling 911.
During an interview, Jacobs admitted to biting Edward’s arm while playing with him and biting too hard, but he also told law enforcement that the baby sustained the bite mark from a dog.
Jacobs also admitted to hitting Edward’s head on the bathroom door frame while he was trying to take him to throw up in the toilet.
While Jacobs kept stating that he was scared that he was going to be “pinned” for this and scared of being in trouble, “he never asked about Edward or how he was doing throughout the interview.”
The mother of the 10-month-old baby who died May 21 after he allegedly was abused by his caregiver appeared in court for formal filing of charges Wednesday. Brook N. Crawford, 20, is facing charges…
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court ruling, previously, a district court could deny bail if “proof is evident and presumption is great” that a capital offense had been committed. Because the term “capital offenses” refers to offenses for which a statute authorizes the imposition of the death penalty, the General Assembly abolished the death penalty in Colorado as a punishment for offenses charged on or after July 1, 2020, the Supreme Court concluded that a district abused its discretion when it treated the charge of first-degree murder as a capital offense and then denied the defendant’s request for bail.
Under the ruling, Jacobs was eligible for bond.
At the time of his arrest, bail originally was set at $75,000 cash-only based on the original probable cause affidavit, which at that time was based on a Class 3 felony child abuse charge.
The man suspected of the abuse of a Cañon City baby, who later died, was granted a $100,000 cash or surety bond Wednesday in Fremont County Court. William Jacobs, 21, was set to appear for a proof …
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