Dad arrested in October 2021 child death, Columbus authorities say
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- Dad Alan Jenkins arrested in Alabama in December 2022 for October 2021 death of four-month-old son Jamason.
- Baby's death ruled homicide caused by head trauma; charged with murder and cruelty to children.
A murder suspect is facing charges in an October 2021 child death in Columbus.
A fourth month old baby was pronounced deceased at Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta in October of 2021. The baby was sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations crime lab in Decatur, Georgia by Muscogee County Deputy Coroner Elizabeth Allison, who also took the call, where ever since then authorities have awaited for the cause and manner of death.
The baby’s manner of death was ruled a homicide with the cause of death being hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy due to head trauma inflected by others, Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan confirmed on July 21, 2022.
Muscogee County Coroner Buddy Bryan released, on August 19, 2022, the name of the baby. The baby was identified as Jamason Jenkins.
Months later, on Friday, December 2, 2022, the Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office Drug, Gang, and Fugitive Task Force, in coordination with Southeast Region Fugitive Task Force, Gulf Coast Task Force, and Lee County Sheriff’s Office, successfully executed a felony arrest warrant for Alan Jenkins, in Smith Station, Alabama.
Jenkins had outstanding warrants for Murder 2nd Degree and Cruelty to Children 2nd Degree issued by the Columbus Police Department.
Jenkins was arrested without incident and transported to the Lee County Jail. He is currently awaiting extradition to Columbus, Georgia.
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