27-year-old Edgard Anziani, originally from the Dominican Republic but living in Maine, was captured in Maryland on March 1st by the FBI after he spent a week on the run.

On February 23rd the 15-month-old son, Damien Lynn, of Anziani’s girlfriend Cheryl Metzger in Bangor, Maine allegedly fell down a set of steps if you believe Anziani. Police were called to the home on the 23rd and the little boy was taken to the Eastern Maine Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

An autopsy of the baby revealed that his injuries had to come at the hands on someone, not through a fall down some stairs. A murder warrant was issued for Anziani on February 26th, but by that time he had fled the state. The FBI put out a Federal Arrest Warrant, offering a $10,000 reward for information as to the scumbags whereabouts.

From the Eagle Tribune:

According to a police affidavit, Anziani told police that the baby had fallen down a flight of stairs. The baby’s 22-year-old mother had left the house at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday to go to the hospital for abdominal pain, and was not at home when police and rescue crews arrived at her 55 Bald Mountain Drive apartment a few hours later.

Anziani met the ambulance in the driveway and handed over the child who "was blue and not breathing," the affidavit states.

Anziani, who was alone with the child, told police that the baby had awakened around 4:30 a.m. and was screaming, and after attempting to comfort him, he went to the downstairs kitchen to warm a bottle of milk.

"While in the kitchen, Anziani heard a thumping noise and found Damien collapsed on the middle landing of the stairway," the court document states.

Because he was unfamiliar with the area, he called his girlfriend’s mother, who called 911 at 6:58 a.m., the affidavit said.

Anziani had a court hearing a couple of days ago and his attorney asked the judge to postpone indefinitely a bail hearing. The request was granted and a Grand Jury will indict him later this month.

One has to wonder why girls would leave their children with someone they have known for such a short time. Metzger had two children, the oldest is living with his father here in Georgia.