Man Charged After Six-Month-Old Boy Found Dead in Melbourne Home

Child safety concerns in Melbourne after tragic death of infant.

Police have arrested the man they were�searching for over the death of a six-month-old boy found with suspicious injuries to his head and neck.

Dwayne Justin Lindsey, 33, was arrested�at a Sunshine North home, in Melbourne’s west, after a four-day man hunt on Thursday.

This comes after�an infant named Chase died in�Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital after his mother, Michelle Dearing found him injured and unresponsive in�Isla Avenue in Glenroy, in Melbourne’s north,�on Sunday morning.

Baby in hospital bed after tragic incident in Melbourne home.

The�Age reported that Mr Lindsey, who is known to police, is understood to be a friend of the child’s mother who had moved into the unit just�days before Chase’s death.

Police said that Mr Lindsey caused the infant’s fatal injuries and�was at the unit on Isla Avenue when emergency services were called after reports of�’an unresponsive child’ at about 8.30am on Sunday. However,�he disappeared before he could be quesioned.

The Herald Sun reported that a neighbour said he heard the baby crying ‘non-stop’ for around two hours before the noise suddenly stopped on Sunday morning and a man started stamping his feet in an attempt to ‘wake’ the infant.

Man Charged After Six-Month-Old Boy Found Dead in Melbourne Home | Stay at Home Mum

Mr Lindsey, who has no fixed address, has been�charged with the murder of the baby and�has faced�out of sessions hearing at the Melbourne West Police on Thursday evening.

Ms Dearing said she is heartbroken about what happened and can’t believe she will never hear her son again.

“The hurt will never go away. I’m never going to hear him say ‘Mum’ again,” she said.

Sources:�Dailymail.co.uk�and�Au.news.yahoo.com

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