Father of infant who died in Jackson County arrested

By: Associated Press//September 11, 2019//

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MELROSE, Wis. (AP) — Jackson County sheriff’s officials say they have arrested the father of an infant who died last week.

Dispatchers got a call from a village of Melrose mother last Wednesday saying she had found her two-month-old baby dead. Sheriff’s officials began investigating. An autopsy was done, evidence was collected and interviews were made.

Deputies arrested the 32-year-old father of the infant girl Tuesday about 5 p.m. on a possible charge of second-degree reckless homicide and child neglect resulting in death.

He has been booked into the Jackson County Jail.

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