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Father arrested in infant son's suspected beating death in Arlington

12:00 AM CDT on Friday, June 26, 2009
By STEVE THOMPSON / The Dallas Morning News
stevethompson@dallasnews.com

Arlington police arrested a father Wednesday in the death of his 4-month-old son – three months after the baby suffered a previous injury in which investigators considered the father a suspect.

Jason Antoine Farrington, 25, faces a charge of injury to a child with intent to cause serious bodily injury and was being held in the Arlington City Jail. He is from the Bahamas and is not allowed to post bail because of a federal immigration hold.

The boy, Jayden Farrington, suffered a skull fracture and abdominal injuries, police said.

Someone baby-sitting the child called 911 about noon Wednesday from an apartment in the 1500 block of Stoneleigh Court. The child was taken to Arlington Memorial Hospital, where he was stabilized and then taken to Cook Children's Medical Center. He died about 8 p.m.

On March 25, Arlington officers responded to an area hospital after Jayden suffered two skull fractures. Investigators determined that the injuries happened where the family lived in the 500 block of West Road to Six Flags.

Investigators considered Farrington a suspect in the March case but had yet to develop enough evidence to take him into custody, police said.

"It takes time to investigate and get the information together," said police spokeswoman Tiara Ellis Richard. "You have to gather all the medical information and medical evidence."

Since the investigation determined the mother was not responsible for the March injuries, Child Protective Services worked out an arrangement with her to bring the baby home from the hospital, agency spokesman Patrick Crimmins said Thursday.

"She was cooperative with us, she was forthcoming with information, she passed a drug test, she had a clean CPS history, and she passed a criminal background check," Crimmins said. "So those were important to us.

"But probably most importantly, she agreed to reside away from the father," he said, "and she agreed that she wouldn't have any contact with the father and that she would be protective of the child."

Crimmins said CPS workers checked in with the mother from time to time, including one face-to-face meeting, and she assured them that she did not have contact with Farrington.

But police say Farrington was at the home Wednesday, and they are investigating whether he lived there.

CPS officials are conducting an internal review of how workers handled the case.

"This is obviously the worst possible outcome," Crimmins said, "so we want to take a look at what we've done."

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CBS reports that Farrington is a native of Barbados.

Jun 25, 2009 9:38 pm US/Central
Arlington Father Jailed In Death Of 4-Month-Old
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Katherine Blake ARLINGTON (CBS 11 News) ―



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Arlington resident Jason Antoine Farrington, 25, has been arrested in connection to the death of his son, 4-month-old Jayden Farrington.
Arlington Police Dept.

A North Texas baby is sent to the hospital for the second time with skull fractures, but this time the four-month-old boy didn't make it.

Jayden Farrington died around 8 o'clock Wednesday night. His father, Jason Farrington, 25, is now behind bars accused of first degree felony injury to a child.

Paramedics where called an apartment in the 1500 block of Stoneleigh Court in Arlington after Jayden stopped breathing. They rushed him to Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth where he later died.

Arlington Police and Child Protective Services were already investigating a case from March 26, 2009 where Jayden was treated for multiple skull fractures and a fractured rib.

CPS spokesperson Marissa Gonzales says Jayden's mother, Pavielle Monique Simpson, was cleared of any wrongdoing. Since Simpson had no prior record, she was allowed to retain custody of her baby as long as she agreed to certain conditions.

Simpson had to move out of the apartment she shared with Jayden's father. She had to agree not to let Jason Farrington have any contact with her or their son. She also had to continue to take Jayden to his follow-up medical appointments.

Gonzales says case workers went to Simpson's new apartment at least once to check on her. They say she appeared to be following the rules, but this is the same apartment where Jayden was fatally injured on Wednesday.

"The child had new injuries yesterday, including abdominal injuries and new skull fractures," says Arlington Police spokesperson, Tiara Ellis Richard.

"We're investigating the father as a perpetrator, but also the mother as a perpetrator of possible neglectful supervision and even physical abuse if she allowed the child to have contact with someone she knew was violent," adds Gonzales.

Farrington, who is a Barbados native, is being held without bail on an immigration hold.

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That is so sad. Terrible.

This is a sickening story. What kind of beast could do such a horrible thing..................the poor innocent baby.

Farrington, who is a Barbados native, is being held without bail on an immigration hold.

Here's how this would read in a NY newspaper...

Farrington, who is a Barbados native, is being held without bail.

Originally Posted by ELE

This is a sickening story. What kind of beast could do such a horrible thing..................the poor innocent baby.

Not once but at least twice to his own child.

Dixie