Boy shaken as infant dies at 6; dad may face homicide charge (Ramona, California)

UNNAMED DAD. No explanation as to what happened to the baby's mother or why she lost custody.

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Boy Shaken As Infant Dies At 6; Dad May Face Homicide Charge
Boy Dies In 1000 Block Of Olive Avenue In Ramona

POSTED: 8:01 am PST November 29, 2011
UPDATED: 9:22 am PST November 29, 2011


RAMONA, Calif. -- A six-year-old boy who was blind and in hospice for a long while passed away in Ramona early Tuesday, which might mean a homicide charge against his father who has been in prison for shaking him as an infant and causing his physical ailments, according to the boy's adopted sister.

The child, identified as Sam, never recovered from being shaken as an infant and was adopted at 2 months old into a family of five other adopted special needs children and seven biological children, according to the boy's sister through adoption, Barbara Smith.

Smith said Sam died in his sleep and was unable to be revived by paramedics.

Investigators were called out to the residence in the 1000 block of Olive Avenue in Ramona at about 1:15 a.m., according to sheriff's Lt. David Gilmore.

San Diego County sheriff's detectives are believed to be investigating as part of the case against the boy's father.