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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowProsecutors are seeking life in prison without parole for a southern Indiana man who allegedly smothered his girlfriend’s infant son with a pillow.
The 2-month-old child died July 30 as 19-year-old Dakota L. King of Bloomington was caring for him while his girlfriend was at work.
The Herald-Times of Bloomington reported that court documents say King told police he got upset when the baby spit up milk onto his clothes and he pushed the infant’s face into a pillow until the child stopped crying.
King is jailed without bond on charges that include murder and neglect of a dependent resulting in death.
A Monroe County judge appointed a public defender to represent King during his initial hearing last week. A message seeking comment was left Wednesday with the county’s public defender’s office.
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