A 13-month-old boy died and a 29-year-old man in the same house was rushed to a hospital Saturday afternoon after an acquaintance came to check on them at a western Santa Rosa house, police said.
Police had been called to the house in the 200 block of Darek Drive about 12:50 p.m. Saturday. Officers found the man and the baby lying next to each other on the floor of a back bedroom. Despite lifesaving efforts by medical personnel, the baby was pronounced dead at the scene.
The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment of what police described as “life-threatening injuries.”
Police have identified the man as Santa Rosa resident Patrick Oneill. Oneill is being arrested for murder and will be booked into jail after being cleared from the hospital, police say.
In addition to the baby and Oneil, police found items “consistent with narcotic use.” It wasn’t immediately clear, however, what role, if any, drugs played in the baby’s death, or how the two were injured.
“We still have some more investigating to do,” said Santa Rosa pole Lt. Dan Marincik in an email. “We saw no signs of physical injury, and their was narcotic paraphernalia in the room. We believe that the 29-year-old put the child in a situation that ultimately caused his death.
Police encourage anyone with information about what happened at the Daren Drive house to call the Santa Rosa Police Department’s Violent Crimes Investigation Team at (707) 543-3590.
Source: NBC Bay Area
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