Nathan K. Barker v. State of Indiana

OPINION

CRONE, Judge.

Case Summary

Twenty-two-month-old J.S. died shortly after he was babysat by his mother’s live-in boyfriend, Nathan K. Barker. Early in the afternoon, Barker had called J.S.’s mother (“Mother”) at work and told her that J.S. had fallen off the couch. He said that he had called for an ambulance and that the paramedics had said that the child was fíne. In fact, he had never called for help. Later that night, Mother called 911, and by the next morning J.S. was on life support. J.S. died later that day, and an autopsy showed that he had suffered massive brain injuries as well as…