State prosecutors have charged an Arundel man with murder in the death of his 10-week-old son.
The Attorney General’s Office announced this afternoon that Gordon Collins-Faunce would be charged with depraved indifference murder in addition to elevated aggravated assault, aggravated assault and assault.
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The new charge follows the death of the Ethan Henderson Tuesday morning. The boy had been on life-support since he was brought to Maine Medical Center in Portland Saturday morning with brain injuries.
Collins-Faunce told police that he lost control and grabbed the baby by the head and threw it into a chair Saturday morning.
To prove depraved indifference murder, the state would have to show that Collins-Faunce may not have meant to kill his son but acted with total disregard for the value of human life.
Collins-Faunce is being held in York County Jail on $100,000 bail. He is scheduled to be formally charged with murder at an initial appearance in York County Superior Court Friday.
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