Saturday, December 24, 2011

Dad charged with murder in death of 22-month-old son; claims they were "playing" (Frisco, Texas)

On one hand we're told that fathers are just as competent at caretaking as mothers. And then killer dads are excused as playful, overgrown pups who don't know any better. Which is it? Dad JACKY SCOTT GARRETT has been charged with capital murder for "playing" too hard.

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FRISCO, Texas — Police have arrested a suburban Dallas man on a capital murder charge in the death of his 22-month-old son.

Jacky Scott Garrett of Frisco was charged Thursday in the Oct. 11 death of his son, Logan.
Frisco police Sgt. Bradley Merritt said the incident stemmed from the father and son playing while the mother was out of town.
Frisco police Sgt. Bradley Merritt said the incident stemmed from the father and son playing
while the mother was out of town. The arrest affidavit says Garrett told police he "knocked the wind out of Logan" while they were wrestling.
Autopsy results revealed that the child died from blunt force trauma to his stomach.

Merritt said Garrett remains in the city jail Thursday with bond set at $75,000, and that the investigation is ongoing.

Jail records list no attorney for the 40-year-old suspect.