Lethbridge man charged in death of girlfriend's baby boy

A man has been charged with murder in the blunt force trauma death of a nine-month-old baby boy, Lethbridge police said in a release.

Tyler Brian Hogan, 40, of Lethbridgehas beenchargedsecond-degree murder. He is in custody and is set to appear on Thursday.

• Baby's death in Lethbridge deemed homicide

Paramedics responded to the 600 block of 17th Street North on April 28 to find Austin Wright in cardiac arrest and not breathing. He was pronounced dead at hospital.

The investigation beganin April after police werecontacted by the coroner's office, which had concerns about the boy'sautopsy.

The Violent Crimes Unit determined the babywasin the care of his mother's boyfriendwhile she was atwork. Police say the nine-month-oldbegan crying and police believe he was subsequently assaulted, sustaining extensivelife-threatening injuries.

Accused in relationship withmother

"Tyler is associated to Austin as he was living in the residence with Austin and in a relationship with the mother at the time of the incident," said Sgt.Scott Woods ata news conference on Thursday.

The maninitially told police that hehad just stopped breathing, but anautopsy determined the boy died as a result of blunt force trauma not consistent with a fall.

Woods saidthrough the investigation it was determined therewas a delay of 10 to 20 minutes before an ambulance was called.

"It's closure for a lot of people. I don't think as a parent you ever get full closure when you lose a child. But there's closure for us the police, first responders and even hospital workers that this has a great impact on us," said Woods.