Killler Dads and Custody Lists

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Dad charged in death of 17-day-old son (Sault Ste. Marie, Canada)

As is usually the story in these cases, the newborn child was in the "care" of dad JAMIE ALLEN OBEN at the time he suffered fatal blunt force trauma to the head. Dad has been charged with 2nd-degree murder. No mention of the baby's mother--though she must have been around 17 days before.

INVISIBLE MOTHER ALERT.

http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=50475

Father charged in infant death investigation
By SooToday.com Staff
SooToday.com
Saturday, January 22, 2011

CITY POLICE

NEWS RELEASE

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Infant death investigation results in second degree murder charge

On August 14, 2010 at 1:14 p.m. a call was placed to the Sault Ste. Marie Emergency Medical Services requesting assistance at an east end residence for an infant in distress.

On arrival, paramedics found a 17-day-old male infant unresponsive and immediately transported him to Sault Area Hospital.

On August 15, 2010 at 12:20 a.m. the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service was notified by the coroner of the infant’s death.

A coroner’s investigation commenced with assistance from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service investigation unit.

A post mortem examination was conducted on the 17th and 18th of August in Toronto, Ontario.

A criminal investigation began upon receiving information from the post mortem examination which indicated that the child had died as a result of blunt impact head injuries.

The investigations by the coroner’s office and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service investigation unit has resulted in an arrest being made in this case.

On January 22, 2011, 38-year-old Jamie Allen Oben of 215 Farquhar Street Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario has been charged with one count of second degree murder.

Jamie Oben has been remanded into custody pending a bail hearing on Monday January 24, 2011.

It is alleged that the deceased infant Liam Oben, the son of the accused, was in Jamie Oben’s care at the time of the incident.