LINCOLN COUNTY, Wash. — A Lincoln County man was arrested Monday evening for the death of a five-month-old child.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office was contacted on June 5 by medical staff at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane after they observed suspicious injuries on the child, who had been airlifted to the hospital from a home in Lincoln County. The child was later pronounced dead on June 21.
According to the sheriff's office, 29-year-old Jordan Mills-Jay was arrested by Spokane police after the Spokane County Medical Examiner determined the child's injuries were consistent with shaken baby syndrome during an initial examination.
Mills-Jay has been booked into custody at the Lincoln County Jail. Police say the case remains an active investigation. He has been charged with second-degree murder and first-degree murder and is being held on a $150,000 bond.
Mills-Jay's relation to the baby is unknown at this time.
Editor's Note: The Spokane County Medical Examiner has not finalized its cause of death report in this case.
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