Left, Kameron Gammage, 23, and Leyla Pierson, 18. (Ector County Jail) ODESSA, Texas - A Texas couple was arrested this week after officers found a dead eight-month-old baby in their apartment, police said.The Odessa Police Department revealed the gruesome details in an arrest affidavit, saying the infant had heavy bruising and swelling to the left side of his face and head.
There were also multiple, smaller bruises along the top of the dead baby’s cranium, police said. Officers said the interior of the couple’s apartment was disheveled with what appeared to be dog feces on the floor, according to the affidavit.
The couple reportedly tried to clean up some of the mess before officers arrived.The baby’s father, 23-year-old Kameron Gammage, claimed the baby’s injuries were from the infant hitting his head on a hard portion of the interior of the crib.
The affidavit said Gammage "remained unemotional and seemed to lack care about the incident throughout contact."The mother, 18-year-old Leyla Pierson, told officers she found the infant not breathing and "frantically" went to Gammage to wake him up and tell him about the infant – but he seemed uncaring, the affidavit said.Pierson said she told Gammage to call 911 when he asked what he should do, the affidavit said.