Man Does Nothing After Receiving Texts & Video Of His Son's Lifeless Body
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PITTSBURGH (AP) – A man was arrested on child endangerment charges because he didn't call 911 after the mother of his two children threatened to kill them and sent videos of their son's lifeless body during two hours of angry text messages.
Andre Price Jr., 23, was jailed on two counts of child endangerment, one for 17-month-old Andre III, and one for 2-year-old daughter, Angel.
Price didn't alert authorities even though 21-year-old Christian Clark sent him videos of his son's limp body amid rants about how she didn't love the children and saying the children and Price had ruined her life. The texts indicate she was angry with Price for not returning home from work and accused him of going to have sex with another woman.
Allegheny County homicide detectives said Price not only ignored Clark's texted threats, he didn't alert authorities previously when Clark texted him other pictures of her holding the children by the throat and that Price even posted those to Facebook.
One picture showed an infant "obviously distressed and crying" being dangled in the air by its throat. The arm of the adult holding that child "had a tattoo substantially similar to the tattoo Christian Clark has on her right forearm," though the adult's face can't be seen in the picture, the complaint said.
In a Facebook caption Price acknowledged posting under that and a similar picture month ago says, "These two pictures she is choking them because was we ain't together ...."
"Ya kids ain't safe here I don't want them here" and "Answer me or I'm going to jail for child endangerment" were two of the dozens of texts listed in the criminal complaint. Then came a message that said, "I'm killing them" — followed by a laughing emoji with tears coming from its eyes, police said.
Only after Clark sent a third video showing her picking up the boy's limp body by the arm and tossing him on the bed, did Price ask Clark to try to revive him, police said.
"Try to wake him up I said hold him," he texted. "It's okay I'm dialing 911," Clark responded.
"You need to if he dead," Price said.
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