What drives a teenage father to commit the unthinkable against his own six-week-old son? In a budget motel in Gladstone, Oregon, a young family's struggle for a better life takes a devastating turn when baby Paxton arrives at the hospital with fatal injuries. As investigators piece together the events of one horrific April day, they uncover disturbing evidence that points to deliberate cruelty. With a mother working to make ends meet and a nineteen-year-old father barely grown himself, this case challenges our understanding of young parenthood, responsibility, and the darkness that can lurk behind closed doors. Was this a tragedy born of desperation, or something far more sinister?
