SAUL SANCHEZ - 2 yo (9/2011) - Phoenix AZ

Phoenix man faces first-degree murder and
child abuse charges in connection with last September's death of his
2-year-old son Saul Sanchez, Phoenix police said.
Luis Sanchez, 30, was arrested Friday after
detectives received new information and re-interviewed him about Saul
Sanchez's death.

On Sept. 28, police and fire department
personnel received a call about a child not breathing at 4622 E. Pueblo.
When they got there, Luis Sanchez said his son had fallen down the
stairs. The 2-year-old was transported to the hospital where he was
pronounced dead.

The autopsy did not show any signs of an
injury consistent with a fall down the stairs that would have resulted
in his death, said Sgt. Tommy Thompson of the Phoenix Police Department.

The homicide detective assigned to this case
began to dig deeper and found that Sanchez had a history of domestic
violence in California and had violated his probation by moving with his
family to Arizona, Thompson said.

The detective also found that Sanchez had
sent an urgent email message to his wife at work, telling her to call
him, Thompson said. She did not receive the message for about 45
minutes, according to Thompson.

When the detective re-interviewed Sanchez
last week, he initially told the original story, but changed it several
times, Thompson said.

Sanchez admitted that he had struck his son
in the back several times and then blacked out, Thompson said. When
Sanchez came to, he said his son was not breathing, Thompson said.

Sanchez was booked into the Fourth Avenue Jail.
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