A San Antonio man made an appearance in court on Monday in connection with two separate deadly child injury cases. One of those cases, which involved a 9-month-old child, happened earlier this year.

According to court records, Rick Artis, 31, is facing an injury to a child charge, a first-degree felony, after San Antonio police officers said the child was found unresponsive in their crib on Jan. 25 at an apartment complex in the 6100 block of Ingram Road near Northwest Loop 410.

In an arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT 12 News on Monday, Artis told SAPD that he woke up “around 10 a.m.” and was in the kitchen preparing baby formula for the child. When he went to the child’s crib, police said Artis saw that the baby was no longer breathing and then frantically told the child’s mother about

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