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Jurry finds father not guilty in murder of 6-week-old son

Jury deliberates case of 6-week-old killed
Posted at 5:17 PM, Oct 07, 2016
and last updated 2016-10-07 22:54:40-04

INDIANAPOLIS – A father on trial for the murder of his six-week-old son has been found not guilty by a jury. 

The jury dliberated for more than six hours Thursday evening before finding Willie Wilson not guilty of killing his son, Delano Wilson.

Police say Wilson lied to them about the child's abduction back in August of 2014.

The child’s father reported an abduction, saying he was walking down an alley when a man and woman robbed him and took the baby away.

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Police viewed security video from the area and saw Wilson walking in the alley, but with no baby.

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In February, the Marion County Prosecutor's Office released a 31-page probable cause affidavit on Wednesday outlining its case against Willie Wilson.

Police had doubt of the abduction after hearing the call to 911 officers.

"Yeah, someone just kidnapped y daughter, uh, I mean my son," Wilson can be heard telling dispatchers in a 911 call last August.

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Detectives believe the infant is dead but the body has not been found.

"There are things that can kill people and are accidental, and there are things that are intentional," former deputy prosecutor Mark Busby said. "In this case, there's no coroner's report to tighten that up."

The strongest piece of evidence was unveiled when the FBI noticed Wilson visited 24 different websites about missing children shortly before he reported his own son missing.

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