- Hunter Smiley, a 25-year-old Oklahoma man, faces murder charges for killing his nine-month-old baby
- The baby was found unconscious and hospitalized with brain hemorrhage and eye hemorrhage; He died from his injuries two days after being hospitalized.
- Smiley, arrested with a gun, now faces a first-degree murder charge and a $5 million bond, a ‘no contact order’; with his next court date set for May 22
An Oklahoma man beat his girlfriend while she was pregnant and then murdered her son 10 months after his birth, prosecutors allege.
Hunter Smiley, 25, had already been arrested by police in January 2023 for beating the baby’s mother, whom DailyMail.com is not naming, while she was still pregnant with her unborn child.
At the time, Smiley was charged with domestic battery and battery on a pregnant woman.
He pleaded guilty to hitting the mother with pieces of a door he had broken during a fight after a night of drinking.
But Smiley has since been said to have murdered the child, an adorable boy called Briggs, just 10 months after he was born.
Hunter Smiley, a 25-year-old Oklahoma man, faces murder charges for killing his nine-month-old baby
Briggs was found unconscious and hospitalized with a brain hemorrhage and eye hemorrhage.
The baby died from his injuries two days after being hospitalized
The Newcastle Police Department was summoned to the home on April 10 after receiving a call about the baby being unresponsive at the time.
Briggs was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Doctors discovered that the baby had internal bleeding in the brain and bleeding behind the eyes.
The baby subsequently died from his injuries just two days later on April 12.
Smiley was at the home when agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation showed up. Officers also found a gun on Smiley when they arrived.
Smiley was arrested and booked into the McClain County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder on April 15.
Smiley, arrested with a gun, now faces a first-degree murder charge and a $5 million bond, a ‘no contact order’; with his next court date set for May 22
The boy’s mother was beaten by Smiley while still pregnant with his son in January 2023.
Court documents reveal how a “no contact” protective order had been filed against Smiley, but the mother later requested that the order be lifted.
The baby’s mother asked that the “no contact” order be lifted so that Smiley could “participate in the birth of her child.”
Police were brought to the family home after baby Briggs was found unresponsive.
Court documents reveal how a “no contact” protective order had been filed against Smiley, but the mother later requested that the order be lifted so that Smiley could “participate in the birth of her child.”
Smiley had been receiving counseling following the January 2023 incident.
“It’s tragic that a life would die so soon,” District Attorney Greg Mashburn told KFOR.
‘We will prosecute this case to the fullest extent of the law to be the voice of this victim who cannot speak for herself. Thank you to the Newcastle Police Department and OSBI for their hard work on this case so we can seek justice for BS.
Smiley has been arraigned but remains in custody with bail set at $5 million.
He has been ordered not to have contact with the victim’s family.
Authorities say Smiley’s next court date will be at a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 22.
