Sailor Back in Custody After Child Dies

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Sailor Back in Custody After Child Dies
January 30, 2009
The Gazette, Colorado Springs,Colo.

A 1-month-old boy police suspect was a victim of abuse died of his injuries Wednesday evening at Memorial Hospital.

Police arrested the child's father, 24-year-old Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Bryan Dingman, on suspicion of felony child abuse when they got a report of the baby's injuries on Monday. Dingman was bailed out of jail, but police arrested him again Wednesday night on suspicion of first-degree murder. He's being held without bond at the El Paso County Criminal Justice Center.

Dingman is an operations specialist with the Navy assigned to a U.S. Strategic Command unit at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station.

Police said Monday that a medical examination found the child, Enzo Dingman, was suffering from a brain bleed. Authorities said he couldn't breathe without a ventilator, and the boy died about 5 p.m. Wednesday.

It's the first homicide this year in Colorado Springs, said police spokesman Lt. David Whitlock.


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