Father Charged In 5-YO Son’s Death
An autopsy to be performed on Thursday may help Bellefontaine authorities determine how a 5-year-old boy died early Wednesday. Just after noon on Monday, a woman called 911 seeking medical attention for her boyfriend’s son, Michael G. Barton. “He’s 5 years old. He is not breathing and we’re not feeling a heartbeat,” Skybree Schindler said from her home in Bellefontaine. Dispatchers instructed Schindler and the boy’s father, Anthony Barton, 24, also of Bellfontaine St., to perform CPR until medics arrived. As Schindler talks to dispatchers, Barton can be heard in the background saying, “Come on buddy. We’ve done this before. Come on.” The boy was taken to Nationwide Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead just before 1 a.m. Wednesday. READ MORE HERE
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