{"id":45390,"date":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45390"},"modified":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T04:23:06","slug":"minnesota-dad-busted-after-infant-son-suffocated-under-weighted-blanket-while-he-yapped-on-discord-for-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=45390","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota dad busted after infant son suffocated under weighted blanket, while he yapped on Discord for hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Minnesota dad was charged in the death of his infant son after allegedly leaving the sleeping tot under a weighted blanket for hours \u2013 later telling cops he wished he had checked on him sooner.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Omni Maxx Morningstar, 26, was arrested Monday after his 10-month-old son, Remington, suffocated while he was in another room yapping with friends online inside their Mankato home last October, according<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mankatomn.gov\/Home\/Components\/News\/News\/10767\/107\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> to Mankato police<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/mankato-man-faces-charges-after-baby-dies-under-weighted-blanket\/601662503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court documents obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police said the brainless dad put the baby down for a nap and didn\u2019t check on him for nearly five hours.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Omni Maxx Morningstar, 26, was charged with second-degree manslaughter in the death of his 10-month-old son. <span class=\"credit\">Mankato Police Dept.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Morningstar allegedly told cops he was wearing headphones in a separate bedroom and chatting away on Discord while his son\u2019s temperature rose to a staggering 104.7 degrees before he died, court papers said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m thinking in my head, like five hours, huh,\u201d he told cops of the fatal incident.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI really do wish I would have checked on him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Baby Remington suffocated under a weighted blanket while his father was allegedly in another room yapping with friends on Discord. <span class=\"credit\">Legacy.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Morningstar said he put his son down for a nap at 11 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2025 and alerted police after finding him unresponsive and overheated under the weighted blanket around 3:55 p.m., the complaint said.<\/p>\n<p>First responders attempted life-saving efforts, but the child was ruled died at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The careless father allegedly told authorities the infant had a history of fevers and colic that led to multiple hospital visits, explaining he started using the heavy bedding months earlier to keep the boy from crying and moving his legs.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Police said the brainless dad put the baby down for a nap and didn\u2019t check on him for nearly five hours. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Police said the victim\u2019s bed was covered with several weighted blankets, weighing just under 20 pounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The child\u2019s devastated mother reported her husband had previously left their child alone, fully covered with a king-sized blanket, about a month earlier \u2013 after admitting he had forgotten about the baby while playing video games, according to the complaint, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>He is being held in the Blue Earth County Jail and is due back in court on April 16. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A medical examiner determined the boy likely died from asphyxia caused by compression from the weighted blanket, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Morningstar was charged with second-degree manslaughter.<\/p>\n<p>He is being held in the Blue Earth County Jail and is due back in court on April 16.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/us-news\/minnesota-dad-busted-after-infant-son-suffocated-under-weighted-blanket-while-he-yapped-on-discord-for-hours\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Minnesota dad was charged in the death of his infant son after allegedly leaving the sleeping tot under a weighted blanket for hours \u2013 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