Father Accused of Fatally Injuring Infant in Disturbing Incident, Say Police

In a disturbing incident in Texas, a father allegedly threw his 7-week-old son onto a bed with such force that the infant bounced off and fell to the floor. Authorities report that the father, Christopher Jenkins, admitted to the act, motivated by frustration over the baby’s incessant crying. The tragedy unfolded when Jenkins purportedly picked up the child and shook him, resulting in the infant’s death.

Jenkins, 26, faces charges of capital murder for the tragic events that occurred in July 2025. This information comes from a criminal complaint and a probable cause affidavit, both of which were reviewed by Law&Crime.

In his statement to the police, Jenkins reportedly confessed to the violent act of throwing his son onto the bed, followed by shaking him. A witness allegedly overheard Jenkins telling the child to “shut the f— up” during this harrowing episode, as detailed in the affidavit. To illustrate the incident, Jenkins used a doll, providing a visual account of the events to investigators.

During questioning, Jenkins explained to investigators, “There was too much crying in my mind,” stating that he reached a breaking point, as noted in the affidavit.

Police conducted an examination of Jenkins’ residence in Baytown, where they employed a “SUIDI doll” to reconstruct the sequence of events. These dolls are specialized tools used in investigations involving sudden unexpected infant deaths. They serve as crucial resources for investigators working on such sensitive cases, according to the doll company’s website.

“[Investigators] handed the SUIDI doll to defendant and instructed him to treat the doll as he would [the victim],” the affidavit explains. “While holding the SUIDI doll, defendant stated, ‘I end up taking it and just…’ He then asked, ‘Can I throw this?’”

While demonstrating with the SUIDI doll, Jenkins allegedly threw it onto the bed and recounted how his son “flipped away over there,” while pointing to the opposite end of the bed, and landed on the floor.

“He bounced so high,” Jenkins told investigators, according to the affidavit. “Defendant stated that he quickly crawled over the bed and picked up [the victim] from the floor. He then demonstrated placing the SUIDI doll on the bed and shaking the chest area, explaining this was how he attempted to determine if [the victim] was still alive.”

Medics and police were called to the apartment after receiving a report about the child being unconscious and not breathing. When they arrived, the boy “had no pulse, was not breathing, and had pink fluid coming from his mouth,” per the affidavit.

At first, Jenkins allegedly claimed he found his son unconscious in bed after he went to check on him while he was sleeping. The two of them were alone in the apartment while the child’s mother was in another apartment nearby with her mother, according to police. She allegedly told investigators that she was the one who called 911 after Jenkins ran over and told her their son was not breathing.

“When asked to estimate the amount of time that elapsed between picking [the victim] up from the floor, placing him on the bed, and calling 911, defendant replied that he estimated approximately 15 minutes,” the affidavit states. “During the timeframe in which the fatal injuries are believed to have occurred, the infant was solely in the care of the defendant.”

Jenkins later changed his story to say he dropped his son by accident before admitting he spiked the boy on the bed while he was crying, per the affidavit. An autopsy determined that the child died from blunt force trauma to his head.

The witness who spoke to police about hearing Jenkins tell his son to “shut the f— up” is a neighbor who said she had heard him yelling at the boy before, according to the affidavit. “Additionally, the witness recalled a past incident in which she observed the defendant pushing the baby in a stroller. When the infant began to cry, she saw the defendant lift [the victim] with one arm and pull him out of the stroller.”

Jenkins was arrested Saturday and booked into the Harris County Jail. He is being held without bond.