(Watseka, IL) — A Watseka man is charged with murder in the death of his one-month-old son. The Iroquois County Sheriff’s Office says on April 10th, Watseka Fire and EMS were called to the 16-hundred block of North Blue Bell Bend Road in rural Watseka on a report of a three-week-old baby not breathing. The infant was taken to the hospital. The infant was pronounced dead three days later. Jason Ruiz was taken into custody yesterday in Chicago. An investigation is ongoing.
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