Details of the child s disappearance remain scarce and confusing.
When asked about the last time the family was together, both mother and father agreed it was Saturday night. We were together sleeping, me her and the baby in the bed, Whisnand said. I don t remember much.
The ALEA notice says the child was last seen Saturday at 9 p.m., but Capt. Leigh Persky with the Sheriff s Office said Tuesday that further investigation revealed the baby was last seen Monday.
Capt. Trent Beasley, who leads the investigations unit at the Montgomery County Sheriff s Office, said Wednesday evening that he didn t know why Whisnand or Gardner would have said their son was last with them Saturday.
Roughly two hours after pleading with the public for help finding the missing newborn, authorities arrested Caleb Michael Whisnand Sr. for the child’s death.
The 5-week-old died Monday between 3:45 p.m. and 10:49 p.m., the records state. His father is charged with capital murder because the child is under the age of 14.
REVEALED: Five-week-old baby was killed with a blow to the head and buried in the woods, leading to arrest of his father on capital murder charge just hours after bizarre press conference where he begged for the child s safe return
Caleb Whisnand Sr, 32, was initially charged with reckless manslaughter in the death of five-week-old son Caleb CJ Whisnand Jr
Officials announced Thursday that the charge will be upgraded to capital murder based on results of autopsy
Authorities in Alabama found CJ s body in wooded area on Wednesday
Just hours before father s arrest, he took part in press conference alongside CJ s mother and made a plea for son s return
NORRISTOWN — Some Montgomery County residents have received telephone calls from a person impersonating a detective or sheriff, claiming the resident has an active arrest warrant that requires a payment