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South Kitsap father charged in death of 5-month-old son
A 35-year-old South Kitsap man was charged Thursday with the crime of homicide by abuse for the September death of his 5-month-old son partly based on the opinion of a Tacoma doctor whose credentials have been questioned.
Michael Dominic Rivera was arrested Wednesday by Kitsap County sheriff s detectives at his work in the NCIS office at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
The boy, identified as TTR in court documents, died Sept. 22 from homicide that was a result of “undetermined violent means,” according to documents filed in Kitsap County Superior Court.
Medics and deputies were first called to Rivera’s residence on SE Pennswood Court Sept. 16 after receiving reports that the baby was not breathing and that Rivera was giving him CPR.