Death of 3-year-old boy ruled homicide: MyFoxBOSTON.com
ONLY ON FOX: Interview with boy's father
Updated: Friday, 25 Feb 2011, 12:20 PM EST
Published : Thursday, 24 Feb 2011, 10:58 AM EST
Nikoletta Banushi
Web Producer
NASHUA, N.H. (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The death of a 3-year-old boy in Nashua has been ruled a homicide, New Hampshire Attorney General Michael A. Delaney and Nashua Police Chief Donald F. Conley announced Thursday.
Christian Jackson was rushed to the Southern New Hampshire Medical Center from a home on Chestnut Street on Saturday night while in the care of his father. He was pronounced dead on Sunday.
In an exclusive interview with the boy’s father, Shawn Ganley tells Fox 25’s Bob Ward that his son stopped breathing around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday. Ganley says he tried to revive his son, but could not. He denies hitting or hurting him and has no idea why his son died.
New Hampshire's Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Dr. Jennie D. Duval, completed an autopsy on February 21 and determined that the cause of the boy's death was blunt force trauma.
Meanwhile, FOX 25 has learned the boy's parents have criminal records.
According to police, Christian's mother, Latoya Jackson, was convicted of child abuse in 2005 because the father of another baby she has repeatedly broke their daughter's bones and she later admitted she hid her daughter's wounds from police. She lost custody of that little girl.
Ganley has been convicted of assault and a few drug charges. On Nov. 29, he filed a petition alleging that the mother or someone in her household was abusing Christian. Child Welfare investigated, but never determined the cause of his injuries and did not change the conditions of the custody agreement.
Police say the child was in Jackson's care most of the time, while the father had him on the weekends.
The victim's family set up the Christian Jackson Fund, held by Jennifer Dorval at the TD Bank branch at 191 Main St., to help pay for the funeral expenses.
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