Two men--one dad, one boyfriend--charged in baby deaths (Vermont)

Two babykillers for the price of one here. Dad COLIN R. VAN VLECK has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his 5-week-old son, while ALEXANDER STOLTE has been charged with 2nd-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's 1-year-old daughter. Both appear to have been babysitting when the children were injured.

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Two Vermont Men Charged In Baby Deaths
Police Say One Man Killed 5-Week-Old Son

By Patrick Ripley
Digital Executive Producer
pripley@hearst.com
POSTED: 9:24 am EDT March 19, 2010
UPDATED: 9:31 am EDT March 19, 2010

VERMONT -- Two Vermont men are facing charges after police say a 5-week-old boy and a 1-year-old girl were killed by men who were caring for them, one of whom was the boy's father.

Colin R. Van Vleck, 27, of Arlington, has been charged with manslaughter in the death of his 5-week-old son Colin and Alexander Stolte, 19, of Chelsea, has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend's daughter, 1-year-old Kyleigh McDanial. The two arrests are not related.

Stolte was charged Thursday after the toddler died while in his care, police said. An autopsy on the child concluded McDaniel died from blunt impacts to the head, according to police.

Police were called to Stolte's Brook Road residence Wednesday evening after receiving a report that the child was not breathing. The child was transported to Gifford Medical Center in Randolph where she was pronounced dead. Kyleigh and her mother had been staying at the Brook Road residence on and off over the past three months, police said.

Stolte had been watching Kyleigh Wednesday evening while her mother was working. Stolte's mother shares the residence with him and was out for the evening. The child became unresponsive while in Stoltes care, police said. Stolte is due in Orange County court Friday and has been sent to Southern State Correctional Facility for lack of $150,000 bail.

Van Vleck was arrested after a 5-month investigation into the death of his son Coli, according to police. Van Vleck had called 911 Oct. 3 and reported his son was unresponsive. The baby was brought to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead, but a subsequent autopsy conckluded the baby's death was a homicide, police said.

Police added that their investigation concluded that Van Vleck was the only person with the child at the time of the death and blame the death on "mistreatment at the hands of another." Van Vleck is due in court Friday.