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Warrant: 2-year-old had paper towel lodged in throat
WFAA Staff, WFAA.com 12:35 p.m. CDT August 10, 2015
A Dallas father has been charged with a second-degree felony after a paper towel was discovered in the throat of his 2-year-old son, police say.
The toddler was later identified as Ayden Strange.
Just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday, 24-year-old Antonio Strange, the toddler's father, called Dallas Fire-Rescue to his apartment in the 3800 block of Gannon Lane because the boy needed CPR. Police said the father told officers at the scene he went outside, and when he returned, Ayden was unresponsive.
Ayden was pronounced dead after attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. First responders dislodged a "compacted golf ball-sized paper towel" from the boy's throat, according to the arrest warrant.
Child abuse detectives investigated the incident. They met with Antonio Strange at a child advocacy center.
According to the warrant, the suspect told investigators he had been feeding Ayden and was attempting to remove food from they boy's throat and mouth with a paper towel. Antonio Strange told police the boy "was being an 'a**hole' during the feeding." He said he shoved paper towels down the child's throat to dislodge food.
Warrant: 2-year-old had paper towel lodged in throat
WFAA Staff, WFAA.com 12:35 p.m. CDT August 10, 2015
A Dallas father has been charged with a second-degree felony after a paper towel was discovered in the throat of his 2-year-old son, police say.
The toddler was later identified as Ayden Strange.
Just before 12:30 p.m. Sunday, 24-year-old Antonio Strange, the toddler's father, called Dallas Fire-Rescue to his apartment in the 3800 block of Gannon Lane because the boy needed CPR. Police said the father told officers at the scene he went outside, and when he returned, Ayden was unresponsive.
Ayden was pronounced dead after attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. First responders dislodged a "compacted golf ball-sized paper towel" from the boy's throat, according to the arrest warrant.
Child abuse detectives investigated the incident. They met with Antonio Strange at a child advocacy center.
According to the warrant, the suspect told investigators he had been feeding Ayden and was attempting to remove food from they boy's throat and mouth with a paper towel. Antonio Strange told police the boy "was being an 'a**hole' during the feeding." He said he shoved paper towels down the child's throat to dislodge food.