PORTLAND (AP) — State police say a Standish man has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of his 3-month-old son.
Stephen McCausland, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Public Safety, says 24-year-old Eugene “Charlie” Martineau was arrested Saturday in Portland and taken to the Cumberland County jail.
He is charged in the death of Leo Josephs, who was brought to Maine Medical Center on Wednesday with numerous injuries. McCausland says Leo and his twin sister were born prematurely. Leo died Saturday. His sister has not yet been released from the hospital.
An autopsy will be performed on Leo.
Martineau is scheduled to make his first court appearance today in Cumberland County Superior Court.
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