Father In Custody After 8-Month-Old Dies From Head Fractures

(WWJ) The father of an 8-month-old baby is in Detroit police custody after the infant was found dead after reportedly suffering multiple head fractures at a home on Laing Street.

The father, Dominique Hardy, is in custody and is being held on child abuse charges.

He reportedly told police that he laid the baby on a bed and walked out of the room.

Hardy allegedly told police he heard a loud noise and walked back in to find the infant on the floor.