Bajan man whose child died in car detained by police

(Barbados Nation) DAVE SEARLES, whose five-month-old baby was found dead in his car on Thursday, is in police custody.

Police Public Relations Officer, Inspector David Welch, said he was now assisting police with their investigations.

On Saturday Searles was released from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, where he had been admitted following the discovery of the body of his son, Ethan.

The child was found dead in the back seat of the car, which was parked outside a barber shop in Villa Road, St Michael, where Searles is employed as a barber.