CANADA • Liam OBEN, 17 days old ~ Sault Ste. Marie ON

Father charged in infant death investigation
Infant death investigation results in second degree murder charge

City Police - News Release...
On August 14, 2010 at 1:14 p.m. a call was placed to the Sault Ste. Marie Emergency Medical Services requesting assistance at an east end residence for an infant in distress.

On arrival, paramedics found a 17-day-old male infant unresponsive and immediately transported him to Sault Area Hospital.

On August 15, 2010 at 12:20 a.m. the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service was notified by the coroner of the infant’s death.

A coroner’s investigation commenced with assistance from the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service investigation unit.

A post mortem examination was conducted on the 17th and 18th of August in Toronto, Ontario.

A criminal investigation began upon receiving information from the post mortem examination which indicated that the child had died as a result of blunt impact head injuries.

The investigations by the coroner’s office and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service investigation unit has resulted in an arrest being made in this case.

On January 22, 2011, 38-year-old Jamie Allen Oben of 215 Farquhar Street Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario has been charged with one count of second degree murder.

Jamie Oben has been remanded into custody pending a bail hearing on Monday January 24, 2011.

It is alleged that the deceased infant Liam Oben, the son of the accused, was in Jamie Oben’s care at the time of the incident.

http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=50475

Man in infant’s death denied bail
September 12, 2011

A Sault Ste. Marie man, accused in the death of his 17-day-old son, remains in custody following a bail review hearing last week.

Superior Court Justice Larry Whalen denied Jamie Oben's bail application Thursday — the second day of the hearing, which was conducted in a boardroom at Roberta Bondar Place.

Oben, 38, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Liam Thomas Allan Oben.

A publication ban prohibits reporting any evidence provided to the court at the bail hearing.

Oben was charged in January, following a five-month investigation by the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service and the coroner's office.

Paramedics were called to a Farquhar Street home, about 1:15 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2010, where a baby was reported in distress.

The infant was unresponsive and was taken to the Sault Area Hospital, police said in January.

http://www.saultstar.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3294246

The coroner notified police of the baby's death on Aug. 15.

A post mortem, conducted Aug. 17 and 18 in Toronto, indicated the baby died as a result of blunt impact injuries.

Police allege the infant was in his father's care at the time of the incident.

The bail review hearing was held at Bondar Place because the courthouse has been closed since an Aug. 30 fire in the basement of the Queen Street East building.