'Miracle' forest baby: Montana man ... says he left infant because it was 'very heavy"

[Demovictory9]

'Miracle' forest baby: Montana man cries at arraignment, says he left infant because it was 'very heavy'

The man accused of leaving a 5-month-old baby in a Montana forest reportedly broke down crying when he heard allegations against him in court on Tuesday — two days after a search team discovered the infant buried under a pile of sticks and debris.

From his jail cell, Francis Carlton Crowley, 32, appeared via videoconference in Missoula County Justice Court on Tuesday on charges of assault on a minor and criminal endangerment, according to the Associated Press.

As the judge and prosecutor read the allegations, Crowley doubled over and fell to the floor, the AP reported. He twice exclaimed that he loves the boy and pleaded with the judge not to take him away.

Image: Lolo hot springs babyA 5-month-old infant with dirt under their fingernails after authorities say the baby survived hours being buried under sticks and debris in the woods on July 8, 2018.Missoula County Sheriff's Office via AP
Crowley did not enter a plea. His relationship to the child — and the identity of the boy's mother — were still not clear.

He told investigators he had been in a car crash and left the baby behind because the child was "very heavy," prosecutors said in an affidavit obtained by NBC News.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/miracle-forest-baby-montana-man-cries-arraignment-says-he-left-n890346

[suprcali]

1. Abhorrent

What kind of scum abandons a baby in the forest???

[Demovictory9]

4. not just abandon, but bury

[MontanaMama]

2. Missoula is celebrating

the rescue of this little one. I so hope he’s safe from now on. This could have ended so differently. I question whether his mother should get him back but I guess the facts aren’t all in yet.

[bdtrppr6]

3. "he was heavy

so i put him under a pile of leaves and sticks."

humans.

[Laffy Kat]

5. Incredibly weird story. nt

[Demovictory9]

6. yes. where is the mom? I'm worried for her.

[lunasun]

7. In case you may reason he was old or out of shape ...please click on the link. He may be disabled

but it is never mentioned

[irisblue]

8. From the article

..." potentially under the influence of drugs, so ultimately could not help, prosecutors wrote."

[aikoaiko]

9. Do assault on a minor and child endangerment carry stiff penalties?

Because this sounds like attempted murder to me.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. And yet, immigrant mothers are carrying their babies all the way from

El Salvador.