FORT VALLEY, Ga. — A couple traveling through Georgia have been arrested for murder in the death of their 9-month-old boy.
On Jan. 30, the Warner Robins police department was dispatched to a Buc-ee’s in Fort Valley to a report that a child was dropped while being bathed inside a parked RV.
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The child was airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where he died on Feb. 4. An investigation revealed both past and present injuries to the child that were consistent with abuse.
The Department of Family and Children Services in Peach County took custody of the baby’s two siblings after he was injured.
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The baby’s father, Christopher Scott Palmer, 40, will be charged with felony murder, aggravated battery and cruelty to children. The child’s mother, Shelly Deanna Rooks, 26, will be charged with murder in the second degree and cruelty to children. Palmer is from New York and Rooks is from Waynesville, Georgia.
The family was nomadic, according to the Macon Telegraph.
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Anyone with more information is asked to call Macon Regional Crime Stoppers or detectives.
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