Two arrested following January death of 2-month-old infant in Flagstaff

[Sugar Cookie]

Dispatched to a Flagstaff residence on Jan. 2, three FPD officers initially responded to a call of an infant not breathing, with emergency medical services later noting the time of death at 9:54 p.m. While 27-year-old Andrea Michelle Hernandez was outside the residence waiting for officers to arrive, kyle Holliman, 27, was inside the home with the couple’s other young child.

One of Holliman’s first statements to police was that their 4-year-old child had picked up the baby as he briefly got up to go to the kitchen, and he claimed they had dropped the baby. The police report noted that the older child was nearby during this statement and immediately said they did not drop the baby. The 4-year-old's explanation then changed as they said they did pick up the baby but did not put them on the ground. Holliman interrupted and asked the child if the baby accidentally fell on the ground; they responded, "yeah."

The officer who documented the brief conversation noted they felt Holliman was prompting the older child to answer in a certain way.

In Holliman’s own statements, he said he picked the infant up off the ground, but later said he took the baby from the arms of the other child -- which is when he noticed the baby’s “weird” breathing before they stopped breathing completely.

Emergency medical services at the scene advised law enforcement that there were no signs of head trauma and they believed the baby went into cardiac arrest, while adding they were unsure of a cause.

During an interview with Hernandez the night of Jan. 2, she said she was upstairs while Holliman had the baby downstairs and went to get a drink. A few minutes later, Holliman informed her that something was wrong with the baby and they called 911. She said the baby had not been sick at the time, but did inform police that the baby had been taken to a pediatrician who expressed concern about bruising behind the infant’s ears when they were 2 weeks old. While the case had been cleared without a confirmed cause for the bruising, the Department of Child Safety had been notified.

After Holliman had referenced a cut on the infant’s stomach area that had been caused by a zipper in the past week, a search warrant was served in Jan. 5, leading to the collection of multiple baby onesies in which some had brownish red stains consistent with blood or a healing wound.

Two arrested following January death of 2-month-old infant in Flagstaff

Following the death of a 2-month-old on Jan. 2 and the ensuing investigation by the Flagstaff Police Department (FPD), both parents of the child have been arrested in the past

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[BuffettGirl]

Pretty sure that by the time the four year old is old enough to start exploring the interwebs they'll already know what a douchecanoe their father is, but just in case, props for sealing the deal there Pops...

 

[lovesaidfuckyes]

Douche canoe. Simple yet effective. I'm going to steal that

 

[BuffettGirl]

Douche canoe. Simple yet effective. I'm going to steal that

You're welcome to it! I wish I'd been the originator of the phrase, but it wasn't me. I did look it up once, it seems it can be both one word or two words. So either way you spell it you're good.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

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