Dad gets life for killing 5-month-old son (Lexington County, South Carolina)

Notice that dad LEXIE DIAL III tried the "clumsy daddy syndrome" defense (e.g. he "fell" while holding the baby), but the jury didn't buy that a healthy 19-year-old dude just happened to fall. He's been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on homicide charges. No mention of where Mom was while Daddy was teaching a 5-month-old "to walk" (which is one feeble alibi). Was she working while daddy did "caretaking?" Who knows...

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

http://www.thestate.com/2011/04/19/1785230/father-gets-life-for-killing-5.html

Wednesday, Apr. 20, 2011
Father gets life for killing 5-month-old son

Eleventh Circuit Judge Knox McMahon sentenced 19-year-old Lexie Dial III to life in prison for homicide by child abuse Tuesday in a Lexington County courtroom.

Dial was found guilty last week by a Lexington County jury of killing his 5-month-old son, Joshua, by shaking him to death.

The incident happened in January 2010. Since then, Dial has been in jail awaiting trial.

The case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s office.

During the trial, Dial testified that injuries to the baby resulted from a fall he had while carrying the infant.

However, after his arrest, he told police that the injuries happened when he was teaching the child to walk. Prosecutors argued he had become so frustrated he began shaking the baby, who suffered massive brain trauma.

-- John Monk