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A Washington state father pleaded not guiltyThursday to attempted first-degree murder forallegedly trying to kill his 4-year-old son by injecting him with heroin.
Eric Lehtinen, 37, is accused of tryingdrug his young son at his Redmond home on September 24 -- the same day his divorce from the boy's mother was to be finalized.
Prosecutors say Lehtinen’s estranged wife, Saradia Lehtinen, found her son unresponsive in his father's bed with a syringe on his chest and then frantically called 911.
Investigators say EricLehtinen may have been motivated to kill his son as retaliation for the divorce.
The toddler was treated at a local children’s hospital, and court documents say the medical staff found multiple fresh puncture wounds on his body.
“One wound was located on the left side of his neck and multiple wounds were located on his buttocks,” reads the affidavit supporting Lehtinen’s arrest.
Investigators say an initial toxicology screen of the boy’s blood showed the presence of heroin, ketamine, morphine, codeine and other drugs.
Read more at: http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/10/10/Eric-Lehtinen-injects-son-heroin-pleads-not-guilty
Eric Lehtinen, 37, is accused of tryingdrug his young son at his Redmond home on September 24 -- the same day his divorce from the boy's mother was to be finalized.
Prosecutors say Lehtinen’s estranged wife, Saradia Lehtinen, found her son unresponsive in his father's bed with a syringe on his chest and then frantically called 911.
Investigators say EricLehtinen may have been motivated to kill his son as retaliation for the divorce.
The toddler was treated at a local children’s hospital, and court documents say the medical staff found multiple fresh puncture wounds on his body.
“One wound was located on the left side of his neck and multiple wounds were located on his buttocks,” reads the affidavit supporting Lehtinen’s arrest.
Investigators say an initial toxicology screen of the boy’s blood showed the presence of heroin, ketamine, morphine, codeine and other drugs.
Read more at: http://www.hlntv.com/article/2013/10/10/Eric-Lehtinen-injects-son-heroin-pleads-not-guilty
