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OCSD: Commerce father killed baby
A young Commerce Township man is a suspect in the death of his 4-month-old son.
According to law enforcement officials, the Commerce Township Fire Department was dispatched on Friday, June 10 to the 2000 block of Evergreen to attend to a baby who was not breathing. The baby was then taken to DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital before being transported to the University of Michigan’s Mott Children’s Hospital, where he allegedly was found to have obvious signs of abuse, including bruising and scratches, according to an Oakland County Sheriff’s Department press release.
Further medical examination allegedly showed signs of significant abuse, including internal cranial bleeds, multiple skull fractures, and multiple rib fractures, among other injuries.
The baby was placed on life support at U-M before he was taken off support on Tuesday, June 14.
The autopsy performed by the Washtenaw County Medical Examiner’s Office on Wednesday, June 15 cited the infant’s cause of death as craniocerebral trauma/homicide.
Richard Gillis III, 22, the baby’s biological father, was interviewed and, according to law enforcement officials, made several incriminating statements.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Department obtained a criminal complaint against Gillis on Friday, June 17 for homicide-felony murder and first-degree child abuse.
Gillis was arrested in Walled Lake by investigators from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Department Commerce Township Substation and the department’s Fugitive Apprehension Team.
Gillis was arraigned in front of Magistrate Marie Soma on Sunday, June 19 and was remanded to the Oakland County Jail without bail.
2 Responses to OCSD: Commerce father killed baby
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former inmate
June 22, 2011 at 9:23 pm
Can only hope they charge this clown with Murder 1 with a mandatory life sentence. Best part of it though (and that I saw 1st hand while locked up myself with the MDOC) is that this jerk won’t get any sort of ad-seg / stg treatment while 1st entering into the MDOC’s RGC (Or Reception and Guideance Center) and will likely get raped, beaten, raped again and then stabbed or his throat slit….. Just like another baby killer I witnessed while there. SEE YA !
Leanne Doe
June 24, 2011 at 8:26 am
Okay well I live a few miles down the road from this guy. First of all what a sick bastard. Secondly I met his girl friend one time prior to her giving birth to there son. She her self is a real piece of work, she had a child gave it to her mother! Then when this happened with her boy friend she insisted to the cops that he did NOT in fact kill baby Richard (ugh) she is more worried about her baby killing boy friend going to prison then justice for her son. Right there that tell you what kind of people they are dealing with SCUM OF THE EARTH! I hope that what the person above commented really happens to this guy how could you do this to anyone especially an innocent baby, baby was only 4 months old. When the child was first born it already had issues with seizures and was in and out of the hospital. Poor baby rest in peace.