A North Carolina Father Faces Murder Charges For “Shaking” His Newborn To Death While The Mother Was Visiting His Twin Sister In NICU

Murder costs have been filed in opposition to a North Carolina father accused of fatally shaking his new child son whereas visiting him on the hospital.

Based on court docket information, 22-year-old Noah Benjamin Bliss was arrested on October thirteenth and is dealing with costs of first-degree homicide and intentional youngster abuse inflicting severe bodily harm. Bliss stands accused of assaulting and inflicting the dying of his 3-week-old son, Gunner Bliss, on October sixth on the WakeMed Well being and Hospitals campus in Raleigh.

The arrest warrant states Bliss “unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder G.B.”

Court docket paperwork offered only a few particulars in regards to the incident, however they do point out the new child’s mom, Savannah Bliss, saying she desires “justice for my son.”

Savannah gave start to twins, Gunner and Madelyn, prematurely at 34 weeks on September 15. On October 6, she talked about that she was visiting Madelyn within the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, whereas Noah was taking care of Gunner and their 1-year-old youngster in a room at WakeMed’s Coronary heart Middle Inn.

Throughout her absence, hospital employees knowledgeable Savannah that Gunner had skilled a mind bleed and swelling because of head trauma. Though he had no seen exterior accidents or damaged bones, the top trauma had resulted in oxygen deprivation.

Moreover, the hospital employees instructed Savannah that Gunner’s accidents stemmed from being “shaken by his father.”

“I trusted my husband to watch Gunner while I was taking care of his sister in the ICU. He was sweetest boy with most beautiful blue eyes … he was the best baby [and] for him to be taken so soon is so wrong,” Savannah added.

Nonetheless, Gunner was taken off of life assist final week whereas Noah is presently being held with out bond.