A Pennsylvania mom claimed she rolled onto her baby while they slept on a bed and refused to perform life-saving measures on the infant before his death, police said.
Darian Helmantoler’s 12-day-old son died on Tuesday after first responders found him bleeding from his nose.
The 22-year-old mother told police that a cut on the baby’s forehead was from his fingernails but couldn’t explain the blood on her clothes and on a towel she left in the bathroom.
Doctors reported blue-gray coloring around the baby’s mouth and neck but an official cause and manner of death is pending.
Helmantoler’s mother said that she lived with a man, contradicting her claims’ during questioning.
She was arrested and charged with homicide, aggravated assault, child endangerment, and reckless endangerment.
