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Inset: John Hannon (San Juan County Adult Detention Center). Background: Cops hunt for Hannon's babe lad successful a distant country adjacent Flora Vista, New Mexico (San Juan County Sheriff's Office via KOB).
A New Mexico begetter may person buried his 11-month-old lad alive successful a distant country portion they were connected a walk, causing the lad to respire successful ungraded successful his last moments, authorities say.
John Hannon, 43, stands accused of child abuse resulting successful decease and tampering with grounds successful the decease of his lad John "JJ" Teigue Hannon, according to the San Juan County Sheriff's Office.
According to an affidavit obtained by local NBC affiliate KOB, Hannon's babe lad died of a skull fracture with ungraded successful his airway, which suggests helium was live erstwhile buried.
The outlet besides obtained video from Hannon's interrogation with detectives who pressed him astir what happened to his son.
"Why is JJ missing? Is helium hurt?" an researcher asked.
"Yes, he's wounded bad," Hannon replied.
They past showed him a representation of his son's assemblage and asked whether helium deed his son.
"No, not technically," Hannon stated.
Asked whether his lad fell oregon helium threw him, the suspect responded "neither."
While helium was evasive astir however helium allegedly killed JJ, helium did admit to burying him, according to the Durango Herald.
"I knew helium was dead," Hannon reportedly said.
He aboriginal told detectives helium "made a mistake," insisting that "at 1 constituent successful clip I did emotion my kids" but that it had "changed," per the Herald.
As Law&Crime antecedently reported, the probe began connected Feb. 8 erstwhile a homeowner called cops and said video from the time earlier showed a suspicious antheral pushing a stroller extracurricular the residence adjacent Flora Vista successful the Four Corners area, Sheriff Shane Ferrari said successful a video posted to Facebook.
Deputies went to the home. They did not find anyone, but they did find a discarded stroller. Later connected Feb. 8, the parent of the 11-month-old kid called deputies to accidental that her babe had been missing since the time earlier and that Hannon had taken the babe and a 4-year-old kid successful a stroller to a Dollar General store adjacent wherever they lived. Hannon returned with lone the 4-year-old, claiming a grandparent picked up the baby, according to Ferrari.
The lawman heard the telephone astir the missing kid and alerted authorities astir the discarded stroller. Cops determined it was Hannon pushing the stroller the time before, though the video did not picture whether determination was a kid inside. Law enforcement went to Hannon's home, and erstwhile helium didn't travel out, deputies forced their mode inside, wherever they recovered him hiding. The babe was not with him.
"When asked astir the whereabouts of the baby, Hannon gave conflicting statements arsenic to the determination of the child," Ferrari said.
Cops took Hannon into custody connected an unrelated felony warrant. Meanwhile, investigators searched the country wherever the lawman recovered the stroller. They located covering belonging to Hannon and the baby, but not the child. They were capable to hunt the country much thoroughly aft daybreak connected Feb. 9.
"Sadly, astatine astir 10 a.m. the hunt squad recovered the partially buried assemblage of the 11-month-old baby," the sheriff said.
A aesculapian examiner determined the mode of decease to beryllium homicide. They are inactive investigating a motive and what led up to the baby's death.
"There is nary greater evil than individuals who wounded and termination children. You person my connection we volition bash everything successful our powerfulness to bring justness to this precious child," Ferrari said.
Hannon is successful the San Juan County Adult Detention Center without bond. It's unclear erstwhile helium volition adjacent look successful court.
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