Texas Man Bounced His 7-Week-Old Son Because He 'Cried Too Much', Now Faces Prison for Fatal Assault

A Texas father was arrested and charged by authorities in connection with the death of his 7-week-old son. The man allegedly bounced the baby so high from a bed that he landed on the floor and died as a result of the impact. Authorities said the baby was crying too much, so the man bounced him.

A 26-year-old man identified as Christopher Jenkins has been charged with capital murder in connection with an incident in July 2025, where he was solely responsible for the death of his 7-week-old child. According to police, Jenkins spiked his son on a bed like a football and told investigators, “he bounced so high” and landed on the floor because he was crying “too much.” The man then allegedly scooped the boy off the floor and shook him until he was dead.

According to a criminal complaint and a probable cause affidavit obtained and reviewed by Law&Crime, the incident has been documented.

Jenkins allegedly admitted to throwing his infant son down on the bed and shaking him, with a witness saying she heard him telling the boy to “shut the f- up” during the incident, according to the affidavit.

Police said Jenkins used a doll to demonstrate what happened to the child.

“There was too much crying in my mind,” Jenkins told investigators, according to the probable cause affidavit. “It just clicked,” he added.

Police said they visited Jenkins' apartment in Baytown and conducted a walkthrough with him, during which a “SUIDI doll” was used to help him demonstrate what happened.

SUIDI dolls are described online as “specialty investigative dolls for infant death investigators” that are “essential tools for investigators in sudden unexpected infant death cases,” according to the doll company website.

“Investigators handed the SUIDI doll to the defendant and instructed him to treat the doll as he would treat the victim,” the affidavit said. While holding the SUIDI doll, the defendant stared and said, “I end up taking it and just…” He then asked, "Can I throw this?”

While demonstrating with the SUIDI doll, Jenkins allegedly threw it onto the bed and recounted how his son “flipped away over there,” while pointing to the opposite end of the bed, and landed on the floor.

“He bounced so high,” Jenkins told investigators, according to the affidavit. “The defendant stated that he quickly crawled over the bed and picked up the victim from the floor. He then demonstrated placing the SUIDI doll on the bed and shaking the chest area, explaining this was how he attempted to determine if the victim was still alive.”

The medics received a call about an unconscious child in an apartment who was not breathing. When they arrived, the boy had no pulse, was not breathing and had a pink fluid coming out of his mouth, according to the affidavit.

At first, Jenkins allegedly claimed he found his son unconscious in bed after checking on him while he was sleeping. There was no other person inside the apartment, the child’s mother was in a nearby apartment with her mother, according to police. She called 911 after Jenkins ran over and told her their son was not breathing.