A 27-year-old Magnolia man has been charged with killing his 3-month-old son following a Delaware State Police investigation into the cause of the infant’s death.
According to state troopers, police arrived at a home in Meadowbrook Acres in Magnolia on Sept. 4 at about 8 a.m. in response to an infant death.
Troopers, paramedics and EMS personnel spoke with the parents of the 3-month-old child, who was found deceased in his crib earlier that morning.
Police said it was determined that the victim died on Sept. 3 from “lethal trauma inflicted by his father, Keith Rawding.”
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No further details were provided by police.
Rawding was arrested on Thursday and charged with murder by abuse or neglect first degree. He was arraigned by Justice of the Peace Court No. 2 and committed to Sussex Correctional Institution on a $1 million cash bond.
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