'He bounced so high': Father spiked crying 7-week-old son like a football to get him to 'shut the f— up' and killed him with a blow to the head, police say

A Texas begetter spiked his 7-week-old son connected a furniture similar a shot — telling cops "he bounced truthful high" and landed connected the level — due to the fact that helium was crying "too much," according to police. The antheral past scooped the lad disconnected the level and allegedly shook him until helium was dead.

Christopher Jenkins, 26, is charged with capital murder for the July 2025 slaying, which is documented successful a transgression ailment and probable origin affidavit obtained by Law&Crime.

Jenkins allegedly admitted to throwing his lad down connected the furniture and shaking him, with a witnesser saying she heard him telling the lad to "shut the f— up" during the horrifying ordeal, according to the affidavit. Police accidental helium utilized a doll to show what happened to the child.

"There was excessively overmuch crying successful my mind," Jenkins told investigators, according to the affidavit. "It conscionable clicked."

Police accidental they visited Jenkins' flat successful Baytown and conducted a "walkthrough" with him, during which a "SUIDI doll" was fixed to the antheral to amusement what happened. SUIDI dolls are described online arsenic "specialty investigative dolls for babe decease investigations" that are "essential tools for investigators successful abrupt unexpected babe decease cases," per the doll company's website.

"[Investigators] handed the SUIDI doll to suspect and instructed him to dainty the doll arsenic helium would [the victim]," the affidavit explains. "While holding the SUIDI doll, suspect stated, 'I extremity up taking it and just…' He past asked, 'Can I propulsion this?'"

While demonstrating with the SUIDI doll, Jenkins allegedly threw it onto the furniture and recounted however his lad "flipped distant implicit there," portion pointing to the other extremity of the bed, and landed connected the floor.

"He bounced truthful high," Jenkins told investigators, according to the affidavit. "Defendant stated that helium rapidly crawled implicit the furniture and picked up [the victim] from the floor. He past demonstrated placing the SUIDI doll connected the furniture and shaking the thorax area, explaining this was however helium attempted to find if [the victim] was inactive alive."

Medics and constabulary were called to the flat aft receiving a study astir the kid being unconscious and not breathing. When they arrived, the lad "had nary pulse, was not breathing, and had pinkish fluid coming from his mouth," per the affidavit.

At first, Jenkins allegedly claimed helium recovered his lad unconscious successful furniture aft helium went to cheque connected him portion helium was sleeping. The 2 of them were unsocial successful the flat portion the child's parent was successful different flat adjacent with her mother, according to police. She allegedly told investigators that she was the 1 who called 911 aft Jenkins ran implicit and told her their lad was not breathing.

"When asked to estimation the magnitude of clip that elapsed betwixt picking [the victim] up from the floor, placing him connected the bed, and calling 911, suspect replied that helium estimated astir 15 minutes," the affidavit states. "During the timeframe successful which the fatal injuries are believed to person occurred, the babe was solely successful the attraction of the defendant."

Jenkins aboriginal changed his communicative to accidental helium dropped his lad by mishap earlier admitting helium spiked the lad connected the furniture portion helium was crying, per the affidavit. An autopsy determined that the kid died from blunt unit trauma to his head.

The witnesser who spoke to constabulary astir proceeding Jenkins archer his lad to "shut the f— up" is simply a neighbour who said she had heard him yelling astatine the lad before, according to the affidavit. "Additionally, the witnesser recalled a past incidental successful which she observed the suspect pushing the babe successful a stroller. When the babe began to cry, she saw the suspect assistance [the victim] with 1 limb and propulsion him retired of the stroller."

Jenkins was arrested Saturday and booked into the Harris County Jail. He is being held without bond.