‘That’s a big mystery’: Assistant dean of students accused of beating infant son to death ‘with a blunt object’ questions timing of child’s injuries

Emmit Eugene Carter appears before a judge in Houston, Texas on Aug. 19, 2024, with his lawyer, Will Vaughn, to his right. (KHOU/YouTube). Emmit Eugene Carter (Harris County Sheriff

Background: Emmit Eugene Carter appears before a judge in Houston, Texas on Aug. 19, 2024, with his lawyer, Will Vaughn, to his right (KHOU/YouTube). Inset: Emmit Eugene Carter (Harris County Sheriff’s Office).

A former assistant dean for Lone Star College in Texas has been arrested and charged in the murder of his 6-month-old son — but his attorney has raised questions about the timing and nature of the child’s numerous injuries.

Court records reviewed by Law&Crime on Tuesday show Houstonian Emmit Eugene Carter, 38, was arrested on Aug. 16 and charged with murder after police said he struck his infant son “with a blunt object” and “against a blunt object” in July 2023.

A criminal complaint also alleges Carter shook the child — identified only as M.C. in records — very hard with his hands.

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