Missing infant found dead; dad being "detained" (Custer, Washington)

UPDATE: Dad has now been arrested for murder: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_missing_baby.html?source=mypi

Interesting "coincidence" that dad JONATHAN V. FRAZER had started duties as a single father LESS THAN 24 HOURS before the 2-month-old baby "disappeared" (Mom had to report to jail on a robbery conviction). Now the baby has been found dead and Dad is being "detained" in a homicide investigation. Maybe custody should have gone to Grandma?

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/1048685.html

Infant's body found near Custer
ISABELLE DILLS - THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

A body of an infant located in a wooded area in the 7100 block of Dahlberg Road, Sunday, Aug. 30, is believed to be that of 2-month-old Jon "Cecil" Anthony Frazier, who was reported missing from his home early Friday morning.

The baby's father, Jonathan V. Frazier, 42, is being detained by the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office as a suspect, Whatcom County Sheriff Bill Elfo said during a press conference on the investigation late Sunday afternoon. He has not been formally charged, and there are currently no other suspects. The investigation is being treated as a homicide, Elfo said.

The body was located at about 1 p.m. on private property about a mile away from the boy's home. The Whatcom County Sheriff's Office is awaiting positive identification by the Whatcom County Medical Examiner's Office, along with possible cause of death.

The infant was reported missing from the 1100 block of Willey's Lake Road, east of Custer by his grandmother at about 8:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28. Whatcom County Sheriff's detectives said that the boy's father had told them he had awoken and discovered that the boy was missing and the door to the trailer the family was living in was open.

The boy's mother, Brooke K. Johnson, 26, had reported to Whatcom County Jail the previous morning to await transfer to a state prison on a robbery conviction.

"He was just a great little boy - always laughing, always smiling," said Don Kleindel, Johnson's uncle, who attended the press conference.

Kleindel said Johnson and Frazier had been married for less than two years, and this was their first child.

"(Frazier) was a great father. Both parents did a great job," Kleindel said, adding that he did not want make any judgments about Frazier being a suspect.

Whatcom County Sheriff's deputies, special agents from the FBI and representatives from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children began a criminal investigation which led to information on where the child's body was located, Elfo said.

Elfo declined to elaborate on the nature of the information or how it was obtained.