Colorado Springs police arrest father in connection with infant’s death in 2021

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado (KRDO) — The Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) has arrested the father of a child after the child died in 2021.

CSPD states that on May 26, 2021, CSPD’s Crimes Against Children Unit was notified by a local hospital of a critically injured toddler who was less than three months old and had been brought to the hospital by the child’s parents.

According to CSPD, the toddler died from his injuries on June 2, 2021.

In November 2021, the El Paso County Coroner’s Office ruled that the infant’s death was a homicide.

In the years that followed, detectives conducted extensive investigations, preparing and executing search warrants, reviewing medical records, and conducting numerous interviews.

On June 28, 2024, investigators from the CSPD’s Crimes Against Children Unit requested and received an arrest warrant for the child’s father, 24-year-old Josiah Whiteley, on charges of first-degree murder.

Whiteley is currently incarcerated in a state correctional facility on other charges.

Anyone with information or who may be a witness to this investigation is asked to call Colorado Springs Police at (719) 444-7000. If you prefer to remain anonymous, you may also call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at (719) 634-STOP (7867) or 1-800-222-8477.