A young couple seemed overjoyed to welcome their premature twins, even while caring for their one-year-old. But everything changed when the father was left alone with newborn Gunner.
Mother Savannah Bliss told the media that Gunner was injured while in his father’s care as she visited the baby’s twin sister in the NICU. Gunner and his sister Madelyn were born at 34 weeks and were still hospitalized when the incident happened.
Twenty-two-year-old Noah Benjamin Bliss was arrested at WakeMed and charged with first-degree murder, child abuse, and inflicting serious bodily injury on his 3-week-old son. Staff told Savannah that Gunner showed signs of being violently shaken, suffering brain bleeding and swelling but no external injuries. He was removed from life support on Monday night.
Noah appeared in court Tuesday and was jailed without bond. Savannah, devastated, said she never suspected him: “I trusted him… he loved his babies.” She now seeks justice for her “innocent” son.