Police: Man charged with murder after child dies from trauma

MURPHY, N.C. (AP) — Police in North Carolina say a man has been charged with murder after his son died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Dustin D. Smith, assistant chief with the police department in the western North Carolina town of Murphy, said in a Facebook post that Morgan Jemar Kimble was arrested Wednesday.

Smith said Kimble, 28, was booked into the Cherokee County Detention Center on $1 million bond. His first court appearance is scheduled for May 5. It is unclear if Kimble has hired an attorney.

Murphy is about two hours west of Asheville. Smith said police had received a 911 call about a problem with a minor child on Sunday morning. After police arrived, the child was airlifted to a hospital in Atlanta. The child was later pronounced dead.

Smith said the case remains under investigation.

 *Editor's Note: A criminal charge is an accusation, by law, a person accused of a crime is innocent until proven in a court of law.