Autopsy results have confirmed that dad EDWARD SHELTON drowned his 2 1/2-year-old-son in the bath tub before offing himself. I have seen nothing that clarifies whether this involved visitation/custody and/or a recent separation or divorce from the mother. But many of these cases seem to involve these factors.
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Autopsy results in murder-suicide released
Date: Friday Mar. 11, 2011 11:56 AM ET
Police have released the cause of death in an apparent murder-suicide at an apartment on Lincoln Road in Waterloo.
Forty-year-old Edward Sheldon and his son, two-and-a-half-year-old Cameron Reeve, were found without vital signs at their apartment at 130 Lincoln Road on Feb. 24 after a call to EMS around 4:45 p.m.
They were both pronounced dead at the scene.
Waterloo Regional police say an investigation has revealed the father's death was self-inflicted. A post mortem confirmed he died of asphyxiation.
A post mortem examination and other tests on the son determined his death was due to drowning.
According to a media release, detectives say they "have confirmed that the child died in the family bathtub at the hands of his father."
The investigation is now nearing completion, but police are asking anyone with information to contact 519-650-8500 Ext. 8669 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.