SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was arrested on Thursday after he admitted to beating his 7-month-old son to death in Homestead, police said.
Daniel Nasir Griffiths Sr. was charged with second-degree murder.
During his court appearance on Friday morning, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy S. Glazer denied bond to Griffiths.
“There is probable cause for second-degree murder, and he acknowledged this happened while in his care, because second-degree murder is considered a dangerous crime, and I’m going to grant the state’s motion, hold you with no bond on this case,” said Glazer.
According to the arrest report, on Oct. 1, Homestead Police arrived at a hospital, where the child was admitted after he suffered multiple fractures and a brain bleed. Officers then learned that the child was transported by the infant’s maternal grandmother, Yolanda Felton, from Griffiths’ home.
“I picked him up, and I discovered him the way that he was,” Felton told 7News. “It’s my first grandson.”
The infant, identified by family members as Daniel Nasir Griffiths Jr., died on Oct. 4, three days later after being admitted.
An autopsy conducted on Oct. 7 revealed that the infant’s “cause of death was blunt force injuries,” and the death was being investigated as a homicide.
Throughout their investigation, officials said that Griffiths gave them conflicting stories of where he was when he was taking care of his son and what had happened to the infant.
The arrest report states that on Thursday, Griffiths agreed to meet with detectives at the Miami-Dade Police Department and provided a statement in which he admitted to causing the injuries that resulted in his son’s death. He was then placed under arrest.
This isn’t the first time Griffiths has had an encounter with the law. He was currently out on probation for strong-arm robbery when, police said, he committed the crime of killing his own son.
Lorenzo Walker, the child’s grandfather, spoke with 7News on Friday.
“He confessed. He showed no remorse,” he said. “I still can’t grasp what actually happened to my grandson.”
On Friday, the infant’s heartbroken family began gathering to say goodbye. There’s extreme pain for those grieving little Daniel’s loss.
“Just a happy baby, all the way around, just a happy baby, always smiling,” said Felton as she held a framed picture of the child. “He’d just started trying to be a sitter, sitting up. Just a happy baby, just a happy baby.”
A viewing was held Friday at St. Peters Missionary Baptist Church in Southwest Miami-Dade.
“It’s just numbing to know that somebody could do that to a child — not another adult, I mean a defenseless child,” said Walker.
“Someone I trusted in my home, and I just can’t believe this is happening,” said Felton.
Griffiths is set to appear in court again on Monday for a pre-trial detention hearing. He is being held without bond at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in West Miami-Dade.
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