"A complete accident." That's what the mother of a five-month-old says is how her boyfriend, Lexie Dial III explained the fatal head injuries to the couple's son.
"People say accidents like this can't happen, I'm proof they can and it did," said Misti Rife.
Dial was in court Thursday morning where he was
denied bond. He didn't answer any questions in regards to the child's death.
Rife explained
what Dial told her about the night the incident happened.
"We were in the process of moving and so we have a lot of clutter and
I'm guessing he tripped, and him and the baby both fell," said Rife.
[...]
Rife says she and Dial were at the hospital Wednesday when Joshua Dial passed away.
"This is killing him and then
we didn't even get an hour to grieve over our son together before they grabbed him out of my arms and arrested him," said Rife.
[...]
Even with the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars, Rife says that's not what her baby's father is worried about right now.
"It's not this place -- this place -- yeah, he might be a little scared on the inside of there, but that's not what's scaring him the most," said Rife. "What's scaring him the most is we're still a family, but a member of our family is now gone."
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