Man kills six-month-old baby, says he mistook him for a spider
A man has been charged with killing his girlfriend’s six-month-old baby after mistaking him for a spider. Dwayne Lindsey is said to have let out a ‘horrendous howl’ after realising something was wrong with his girlfriend’s son Chayse Dearing, who suffered severe traumatic brain and spinal chord injuries. Lindsey, from Melbourne, says the baby had fallen asleep on his chest and claims he jumped up in fright after mistaking the baby for a spider. He says Chayse rolled off his chest and hit his head against a heater, accidentally killing him. Lindsey, who is on trial in the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, had been alone with Chayse when he died on June 26, 2016. His mother, Michelle Dearing, had gone on a shopping trip with friends to a 24-hour supermarket at 4am on the morning of Chayse’s death. But prosecutor Nicholas Papas QC has reportedly said Mr. Lindsey’s version of events did not match medical reports, which suggested Chayse’s death
