We are learning more about the death of an Oklahoma toddler.
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A Tulsa, Oklahoma dentist has been arrested and charged with murdering the infant son of his mistress.
Franklin lives in Tulsa with his wife and four children.
Investigators said the Tulsa dentist accused of killing an 18-month-old boy by fracturing his skull also threatened the baby’s father.
The affidavit states Franklin was alone with the baby the night of July 17, when the baby’s mother heard a loud thud.
Authorities began investigating after the child was taken to Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City about 3:50 a.m. Sunday. He was later transferred to a Tulsa hospital, where he died of his injuries the same day.
Franklin is facing a first degree murder charge and is now behind bars in Tulsa, waiting to be transported to the Oklahoma County Jail.
When Ms Lewis-Randall went to check on her son in the morning, his body was limp and he would not wake up.
Detectives said when they interviewed Bert Franklin, they found his story to be inconsistent with the evidence in the case.
Court papers state that Lincoln’s mother told police Franklin was very controlling, and made statements in the past about his hatred toward Lincoln’s biological father, and that he “threatened to kill him” and “skin him in Bricktown”.
Police arrested Franklin at a relative’s home on Wednesday.
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He also holds an undergraduate degree in biomedical chemistry from Oral Roberts University.
