FOND DU LAC, WI (WHBL/KFIZ) - Fond du Lac Police are searching the entire country for a man suspected of killing a 14-month-old boy earlier this month. Police issued a nationwide arrest warrant Wednesday for 29-year-old Daniel Griffin for one count of first-degree reckless homicide and two counts of child abuse causing great bodily harm.
The infant died on July 7th while Griffin and his girlfriend, 24-year-old Airrealle Smart, were visiting friends at a Fond du Lac apartment.
Assistant Police Chief Steve Klein says investigators determined Griffin was allegedly responsible for the baby’s death and injuries to his twin brother. He says the injuries were significant to both children, and possibly at one point Griffin may have stood on the child that died.
Police are using Facebook photos of Griffin in trying to locate him. There is a focus in the Chicago and Calumet City Illinois area, where Griffin and Smart are from.
Meanwhile, Smart was charged Wednesday in Fond du Lac County Court with neglecting a child causing death and great bodily harm and two counts of child abuse failing to prevent that harm. Bond was set at $150,000 cash.