Police Claim Man Choked 1-Year-Old Son to Death Because Boy Was 'Not Listening and He Couldn't Take It Anymore'

Mar. 15, 2025

Nathaniel Edmonds.Photo:Front Royal Police Department

Front Royal Police Department

A Virginia man is in custody after authorities allege he admitted to choking his 1-year-old son to death last month for “not listening” to him, according to a criminal complaint.

He is charged with second-degree murder. It’s not immediately clear if he has entered a plea or retained an attorney.

The Front Royal Police Department said in astatementlast month that Edmonds’ son was taken to Warren Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police later discovered Edmonds walking down a street roughly seven miles from the family’s home, according to the complaint. The complaint alleged that Edmonds was detained “and confessed to choking his 1-year-old, using both of his hands for minutes, because the child was not listening and he couldn’t take it anymore."

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The father allegedly told police he choked his son to death in his own bed, where the mother later discovered her son’s body, according to the complaint.

PEOPLE reached out to the Warren County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office for comment but did not immediately receive a response Tuesday morning.

source: people.com