HomeCrimeNoah Benjamin Bliss killed newborn son in hospital: Cops

Noah Benjamin Bliss killed newborn son in hospital: Cops

Noah Benjamin Bliss in court and the hospital where he allegedly killed his son (WNCN screenshot)

Noah Benjamin Bliss in court and the hospital where he allegedly killed his son (WNCN screenshot)

A 22-year-old father in North Carolina was arrested last week for allegedly killing his newborn son, shaking the 3-week-old boy to death inside of a hospital where the victim’s twin sister was being cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Noah Benjamin Bliss was taken into custody on Friday and charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of intentional child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury in the tragic slaying of Gunner Bliss, court records reviewed by Law&Crime show.

A warrant issued for Bliss’ arrest on the murder charge states only that on Oct. 6, he “unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did of malice aforethought kill and murder G.B.” The warrant issued on the child abuse charge states that he “unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously did intentionally inflict serious bodily injury, brain swelling and brain bleed on G. Bliss, who was three weeks old and thus under 16 years of age.”

The latter warrant also notes that Bliss was the victim’s parent at the time he allegedly inflicted the fatal injuries on the baby.

Though authorities have largely kept the circumstances of Gunner’s death under wraps, the newborn’s mother, Savannah Bliss, provided additional details about her son’s untimely death in an interview with Raleigh, North Carolina, NBC affiliate WRAL.

“I want justice for my son,” Savannah Bliss told the station. “I trusted my husband to watch Gunner while I was taking care of his sister in the ICU. He was the sweetest boy with the most beautiful blue eyes — he was the best baby — for him to be taken so soon is so wrong.”

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