An 11-month-old infant, Jericho Smith, was found dead inside a Hancock Street home in Zachary, Louisiana, on a Saturday afternoon in October 2017. An autopsy later determined Jericho died from multiple gunshot wounds, stab wounds, and blunt force trauma.

Two older siblings, ages nine and five, had been locked out of the house and, after re-entering, discovered the infant. They ran to a neighbor for help; the neighbor then found Jericho lying on the floor. The only adult in the home at the time was the children’s father, 33-year-old Fabian Smith, who was taken into custody by the Zachary Police Department and charged with first-degree murder and aggravated cruelty to juveniles.

The baby’s mother, Iesha Tolbert, described her son as a joyful baby whose favorite word was dada and said she could never have imagined her husband capable of such an act. Does anyone have information about what happened that afternoon or knew the family?