Found Deceased IN - Jacob Moneus, 3 months, Lafayette, 10 Aug 2024 *believed to be in extreme danger and may require medical assistance*

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Lafayette police sgt is quoted as saying that it isn't currently clear if Elisard Moneus is Jacob's father. He says that he is a suspect in Jacob's death, but the charges are for a previous DV dispute and are not related to Jacob's death.
The same article states
“But Sunday morning, the apartment was sealed and the baby's father, Elisard Moneus“
 
Why would this have been a Silver Alert instead of an Amber Alert?
I know that each state can be different, but in some cases an Amber Alert requires a vehicle description? But, since,
Why would this have been a Silver Alert instead of an Amber Alert?
Edit…sorry, didn’t finish! Since they knew the baby to be believed to be in danger, all stops should have been activated. I know they are now saying the baby was probably dead before the Silver Alert was called, but they didn’t know that then.
 
I know that each state can be different, but in some cases an Amber Alert requires a vehicle description? But, since,

Edit…sorry, didn’t finish! Since they knew the baby to be believed to be in danger, all stops should have been activated. I know they are now saying the baby was probably dead before the Silver Alert was called, but they didn’t know that then.
It’s crazy.. They actually found him driving near Sheridan, IN. When they pulled him over & saw he didn’t have the baby with him, they arrested him & brought helicopters, firefighters & many LE were on foot looking for this baby.
 
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I know that each state can be different, but in some cases an Amber Alert requires a vehicle description? But, since,

Edit…sorry, didn’t finish! Since they knew the baby to be believed to be in danger, all stops should have been activated. I know they are now saying the baby was probably dead before the Silver Alert was called, but they didn’t know that then.
Also, I made a post with the photo of Indianas ‘requirements’
I will post it again here IMG_3832.jpeg
 
The same article states
“But Sunday morning, the apartment was sealed and the baby's father, Elisard Moneus“
Even if EM and the baby's mother was in a relationship or married doesn't mean that JM had to be EM's biological child, the child could have got EM's surname at birth due to the relationship. If EM later on began to be suspicious about the child's paternity, and asked for a paternity test, it's not sure the result had yet arrived, or unfortunately, the result had arrived and had shown he wasn't the biological father.
 
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Lafayette Police Department officers met with the woman at the hospital, who said Eliasard got upset with her on Aug. 5 and they hadn’t talked since.

On Saturday, she’d been sitting in her bedroom watching TV with Jacob when Eliasard entered the room, took Jacob, then left the apartment with him. Thirty minutes later, Eliasard came back, went to the bedroom, and began striking her with a “tire iron or wrench multiple times.”

Eliasard left the home after the attack. The mom was unable to locate Jacob afterward. She then took herself to the hospital for treatment of a skull fracture and lacerations on her face.

Court documents say officers searched their apartment and found blood spatter. They could not locate the 3-month-old during the first search.

Eliasard later admitted to hitting his wife with a tire iron, saying he “hoped (she) was going to die from her injuries.” He also said the child was at the apartment during the attack, but denied leaving the apartment with him or knowing where he was.

During a second search of the Moneus’ home early Sunday morning, police found the child’s body in a lidded bucket by the kitchen trash can.

 

Lafayette Police Department officers met with the woman at the hospital, who said Eliasard got upset with her on Aug. 5 and they hadn’t talked since.

On Saturday, she’d been sitting in her bedroom watching TV with Jacob when Eliasard entered the room, took Jacob, then left the apartment with him. Thirty minutes later, Eliasard came back, went to the bedroom, and began striking her with a “tire iron or wrench multiple times.”

Eliasard left the home after the attack. The mom was unable to locate Jacob afterward. She then took herself to the hospital for treatment of a skull fracture and lacerations on her face.

Court documents say officers searched their apartment and found blood spatter. They could not locate the 3-month-old during the first search.

Eliasard later admitted to hitting his wife with a tire iron, saying he “hoped (she) was going to die from her injuries.” He also said the child was at the apartment during the attack, but denied leaving the apartment with him or knowing where he was.

During a second search of the Moneus’ home early Sunday morning, police found the child’s body in a lidded bucket by the kitchen trash can.

How disgusting.
 
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Awful… “open this” makes me think of appliances (like the oven or washing machine), or the toilet bowl tank, or ceiling access space.
uggh. 3 months is wee. No bigger than a bread box really. Microwave, crawl space access, oven, fridge, freezer, the possibilities are endless. :confused:

ETA just read that it was a bucket near the trash. Poor sweet baby.
 
AUG 12, 2024
Moneus' wife said they had been married about 11 months and that he was angry with her since Aug. 5. They had not spoken to each other through the week, according to prosecutors.

Eliasard Moneus appeared in court Monday afternoon for hearings about possible charges in allegations that he severely battered his wife, as well as possible charges alleging he killed his 3-month-old son, Jacob.

Prosecutors received a 72-hour extension to file formal charges.

A bond request form obtained by FOX59/CBS4 also indicates Eliasard Moneus “has few ties, if any, to the community” and “is a foreign national believed to be unlawfully present in the United States.”

An autopsy was scheduled to be performed on Eliasard’s son on Monday. The autopsy states that the preliminarily cause of death for the infant was asphyxia. The Tippecanoe County Coroner’s Office has preliminarily ruled the child’s death a homicide.
 
AUG 12, 2024
Three-month-old Jacob Moneus drowned in a bucket, Tippecanoe County Coroner Carrie Costello said, citing Monday's preliminary autopsy results.

Lafayette police confirmed Monday that the liquid in the orange bucket where baby Jacob was found appeared to be laundry soap.

There were no signs of obvious trauma to baby Jacob's body that might have contributed to the infant's death, Costello said.

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Moneus sat alone at the defense table in the small courtroom without anyone from his Haitian community or the Greater Lafayette community to support him. He remained quiet except when asked if he understood parts of the hearing, during which he answered in his native language.

A Hatian Creole translator joined Monday's hearing by Zoom and relayed Magistrate Sarah Wyatt's explanation that prosecutors have until Thursday to file charges. The translator also detailed Wyatt's specific instructions about a no-contact order with his wife, whom Moneus is suspected of severely beating with a tire iron.

[...]
 
Shocked that he was able to tell police he hoped his wife died.. Yet, needed a translator for court
 

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