MAASTRICHT - The father of the 10-week-old baby boy remains detained on suspicion of manslaughter.The man has stated that he is responsible for the death of his infant son, says his lawyer Serge Weening. "He put the child in his crib Thursday night. The next morning it lay there lifeless." What exactly happened, he cannot say, but it is certain that brain damage caused the death.

The mother gave her baby a bottle Thursday night, according to her counselor Van Oppen. "The child was still hungry and a second bottle was needed. While the mother went to shower, the father gave it to him and then put the baby to bed. After that, the parents stayed up for one or two more hours and also went to sleep."

According to the lawyer, the baby was not looked at again that night. "The next morning he was found dead in his bed." The GP doubted whether there was a natural cause of death and called in police and the justice system. These had no choice but to take the only two people who, in addition to the baby, were in the house and mark them as suspects, said press officer Smits.

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