Prosecutors: Father texted about baby found in river
NEW YORK — A man who fled to Thailand after allegedly tossing his dead 7-month-old son into a river sent a chilling text to the mother while he was on the run about the fate of her child, prosecutors said Friday.
When the mother asked where her son was, James Currie replied “you will never see (him) again,” according to a criminal complaint.
Currie, 37, was ordered held without bail on Friday at an appearance in state court in Manhattan where Assistant District Attorney Shawn McMahon said he had been caught “literally on the other side of the world.” The Bronx father was charged with concealing a human corpse as authorities continued to try to determine a cause of death.
Afterward, defence attorney Norman Williams said, “Everybody needs to keep an open mind and not convict this man until they see evidence that he did something wrong.”