ETHAN ALLISON - 14 Months/ Accused: Father-Clay Allison - Durant (TX border) OK

On May twenty first, at around
5:45 am, Bryan county first responders received a 9-1-1 call of a
fourteen month old toddler not breathing.
According to arrest
affidavits obtained by KTEN news, Clay Allison initially told police
that his son, fourteen month old Ethan Allison had fallen from a height
of about four inches, and hit his head. But doctors at the Medical
Center of Southeastern Oklahoma say the boy's injuries didn't add up.
That's when Durant police began to investigate.
"My understanding is that the
Durant police department was made aware of a child that was presented to
the Medical Center of Southeastern OKlahoma here with severe head
injury" says Emily Redman, Bryan County District Attorney
When police conducted a
search warrant of Clay Allison's home, They say they discovered someone
had been doing online searches for head injuries and symptoms of a coma.

When Allison was questioned
again, police say he admitted that the injury sustained by his son Ethan
was not from an accidental fall.
Allison admitted that the
child repeatedly asked him to play, and when the father became irritated
he pulled young Ethan off his feet. The father described how the back
of his son's head hit the tile floor with a lot of force and made a loud
noise when the skull impacted the floor.
He later told investigators
that the child became unresponsive, but was still breathing. The boy
later died at Children's hospital in Dallas from an acute traumatic
brain injury.
"Any allegation of unreasonable
force used upon a child we take that very seriously, we work these cases
in a multi disciplinary approach", says Redman
Allison's neighbors say they're shocked by the charges. They say he was a good father, always looking after young Ethan.
"He was a good fella... He always
seemed to take good care of his kid... We would watch him put him in
his car seat every time, and he put him in his trunk"
"I didn't see where he bothered anyone... There was never any noise... "
Clay Allison was arrested in
Pushmataha County for first degree murder and child abuse of Ethan
Allison. If he's convicted, he could face the death penalty.
"The range of punishment or
possibilities of punishment in this case could be life in prison or life
in prison without the possibility of parole and in some instances, the
death penalty.


Allison is being held in the Bryan County jail without bond. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for July 18

www.kten.com/story/18876765/new-arrest-in-child-murder-in-durant