A Camp Pendleton Marine has been arrested in the death of his 7-month-old boy in San Diego's North County.
The boy was brought to the Naval Hospital on Camp Pendleton at approximately 5:30 a.m. Friday, according to Oceanside Police Lt. Valencia Saadat. He was admitted for injuries, though investigators would not say what those injuries were.
She said when doctors started examining the child, they felt something wasn't right, so they called authorities.
Doctors at the Naval Hospital arranged for the boy to be flown to another hospital for treatment, police said. At 9:15 a.m. the child had died, police said.
No cause of death has been released.
Oceanside police processed a potential crime scene for evidence and started interviewing witnesses.
The child's father, Marine Stanford Morocho, made incriminating statements about the incident in an interview with investigators, according to Lt. Sean Marchand.
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Morocho was booked into the Vista Detention Facility on first-degree murder. The investigation is ongoing.
The Naval Hospital on Camp Pendleton serves active-duty service members, their family members, retirees and other eligible beneficiaries.
