A 43-year-old Cape Breton man is facing charges in relation to the death of a four-month-old boy.
Jason Wayne Comer will appear in Sydney provincial court Jan. 29 charged with criminal negligence causing death.
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He’s also charged with failing to provide the necessities of life for the infant.
Cape Breton Regional Police – who didn’t disclose the man’s relationship to the child – said the charges follow an investigation into the infant’s Oct. 9 death.
Investigators originally responded to a Cottage Street residence in Sydney, where paramedics were on scene attending to an infant in distress.
The boy was transported to Glace Bay Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
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