California man accused of assaulting baby charged with attempted homicide
While a 1-year-old boy remains hospitalized with a traumatic brain injury, the man police accused of assaulting the child is now charged with attempting to kill him.
State police charged Lyndon Gerald Henderson Tuesday with attempted homicide, in addition to the previous felony counts of aggravated assault. The previous set of charges police filed in November were withdrawn, according to online court records.
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh said the baby remains in critical condition.
According to the criminal complaint, the boy’s mother reported the afternoon of Nov. 23 that her child was not breathing. She told investigators she left the child in Henderson’s care while at work.
Police said she recalled seeing her son on FaceTime around 12:30 p.m., and she returned to her Third Street apartment about 3 p.m.
Henderson, 24, of California, was the mother’s boyfriend, and lived at the apartment. He claimed the child fell off the couch.
The 1-year-old was transported to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh where he was placed on a ventilator
According to the complaint, a doctor reported that the child’s brain injury and bruising were “one hundred percent, unequivocally, the result of child abuse.”
Henderson was arraigned on the new charges Tuesday morning. He is incarcerated in the Washington County jail without bond.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. Jan. 22.