Read this carefully, and you will see that the parents were in a custody/visitation situation. How much you want to bet that this dude was never married to the mother? Obviously, this relationship didn't even survive much beyond the pregnancy either. And yet he apparently had "rights" anyway.
We've said it before, and we'll say it again. Unmarried dudes with no prior commitment to the mother or the children do not need or deserve visitation with infants. It's too much upheaval for infants, and in too many cases, these young idiots have no clue how to care for babies. Thus the deadly results that we see again and again...
Dad is identified as BARRY WILLIAMS.
http://www.wave3.com/story/21425970/father-arrested-in-daughters-death
Father arrested in daughter's death
Posted: Feb 28, 2013 12:09 PM EST Updated: Feb 28, 2013 12:13 PM EST
By Sarah Eisenmenger
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (WAVE) - A 6-month-old girl died after suffering severe internal bleeding in her brain.
According to police, the child's mother went to pick the girl up from her father on Tuesday and noticed something was wrong.
She took the child to Kosair Children's Hospital to try and get help.
Kosair contacted Elizabethtown Police who arrest the child's father Barry Williams, 21.
Williams told police that on Monday he dropped the child while bathing her and then shook her to make her stop crying before putting her to bed.
The child died on Wednesday.
Williams is charged with first degree assault in the child's death. Police said additional charges are pending as they continue to investigate.