Dad put 10-month-old baby face down for a nap under a 20-lb weighted blanket while he chatted on Discord: Police

A Minnesota antheral has been charged with manslaughter aft his 10-month-old baby died of asphyxiation.

Omni Maxx Morningstar, 26, posted enslaved aft being booked into the Blue Earth County Jail connected a complaint of manslaughter. According to Mankato metropolis officials, Morningstar was arrested connected Monday pursuing an probe into the decease of his 10-month-old lad Remington. A transgression ailment reviewed by Law&Crime said that Morningstar enactment his lad down for a nap connected Oct. 1, 2025, placing him look down connected a furniture and past putting a 20-pound weighted broad connected apical of him.

Police said Morningstar past went into his bedroom, unopen the door, and enactment connected headphones portion helium chatted with friends connected Discord.

According to the complaint, officers and firefighters responded to a aesculapian telephone astatine 3:54 p.m. from the flat successful Mankato, Minnesota, wherever Morningstar lived with Remington and the baby's mother. Police said erstwhile a firefighter asked Morningstar what the telephone was about, helium responded that it was astir "a practically dormant baby."

Police said the babe had nary signs of beingness erstwhile they recovered him. His hands and feet were cold, but his assemblage somesthesia was high. Remington was pronounced dormant astatine the infirmary astatine 4:54 p.m.

Morningstar told officers astatine the country that helium took the baby's somesthesia earlier that time and it was 104.7. According to the complaint, helium told officers that his son's somesthesia was "only 105, but you cognize what's interesting, [he] exhibits the aforesaid symptoms arsenic idiosyncratic was 108." He said Remington felt similar helium was "on fire," and his lips were blue.

Police said Morningstar told them helium enactment Remington down for a nap successful the chamber astatine 11 a.m., placing him look down with a 20-pound weighted broad implicit him, covering his assemblage up to his enarthrosis blades. He did not cheque connected him again until astir 4 p.m. He told officers that helium near the baby's chamber doorway open, but allegedly went into his ain chamber and closed the door. He past allegedly enactment connected a brace of headphones and started chatting with friends connected Discord.

According to the complaint, Morningstar said, "I'm reasoning successful my caput like, [five] hours. Huh. I truly bash privation I would person checked connected him. I mean, it lone happened doubly before. It spiked 2 times and we fixed him 2 times." Morningstar explained to constabulary that Remington was "colicky," and the weighted broad helped him.

Police said Morningstar besides said that helium started utilizing a 12-pound weighted broad during Remington's naps 4 to 5 months earlier to support his legs from moving. He stated that Remington was hospitalized astir a period anterior to his decease erstwhile helium became overheated, his assemblage somesthesia reaching 104 degrees. Morningstar told constabulary that "he had been cautioned astir utilizing a broad astatine the hospital."

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Remington's parent told constabulary much astir the erstwhile incident, saying that she walked successful to find the babe covered "head to toe" with a king-sized comforter. She was the 1 who took the baby's somesthesia and called 911. Police said Morningstar told her that helium "forgot" astir the babe due to the fact that helium "was playing video games."

According to the complaint, Morningstar besides admitted to utilizing the blankets to screen Remington's caput and would deterioration headphones to muffle his baby's crying.

The aesculapian examiner determined that Remington's origin of decease was probable asphyxia caused by the weighted blanket.

Morningstar was arrested connected Monday and bonded retired of Blue Earth County Jail connected Wednesday. His adjacent tribunal quality is scheduled for April 16.