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February 8, 2010

Anonymous The Joplin Globe Mon Feb 08, 2010, 12:19 PM CST

An autopsy is being performed today on Eddie A. Salazar, the 8-month-old infant whose body was discovered Saturday in Spring River east of Carthage.

The Jasper County Prosecutor Dean Dankelson said investigators are awaiting autopsy results before filing further charges against the boy’s 29-year-old father, also named Eddie Salazar. The father is currently charged with making a false report to law-enforcement officers.

The father called 911 late Thursday night and reported the baby abducted by one or two masked men who entered his home at 227 E. Mound St. The report triggered an Amber Alert and a massive search for the infant and his abductors.

Dankelson said this morning that additional charges could be filed after the preliminary findings of the autopsy are known. The prosecutor believed it was more likely those charges would be filed Tuesday than today.

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Eddie Salazar case

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March 30, 2010
Carthage baby’s father bound over for trial A Carthage father accused of killing his infant son and a Joplin man charged with manslaughter in a fatal police chase both waived their rights to preliminary hearings Wednesday in Jasper County Circuit Court.
March 17, 2010
Eddie Salazar Sr. pleads not guilty to murder charge Eddie Salazar Sr. entered a plea of not guilty during an arraignment on a charge of second-degree murder. Salazar appeared via video for the arraignment, which was held at 8:30 a.m. in Associate Circuit Judge Richard Copeland’s courtroom in Joplin via a video link to the Jasper County Jail in Carthage, where he remains in custody.
February 25, 2010
Carol Stark & Dave Woods: Photo is part of tragedy It’s a sad, sad story.

An 8-month-old Carthage baby was reported by his father as being abducted on Feb. 4. Two days later, the body of baby Eddie Salazar was discovered in Spring River east of Carthage.
February 21, 2010 2 Links
<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/extra.gif" border=0> Eddie Salazar Sr. charged with 2nd-degree murder in baby’s death w/ Eddie Salazar, Sr. probable-cause affidavit A second-degree murder charge is being filed today against Eddie Salazar Sr., according to Jasper County prosecutor Dean Dankelson.
February 17, 2010 1 Photo 1 Link
Eddie Salazar Jr. laid to rest during graveside services CARTHAGE, Mo. — For the town of Carthage, grief has become the universal language in the wake of the death of 8-month-old Eddie Salazar Jr.
February 15, 2010 4 Photos
<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/extra.gif" border=0>Father remains 'only' suspect w/ arraignment video
February 12, 2010
<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/extra.gif" border=0> Eddie Salazar enters not guilty plea in arraignment today w/ arraignment video
February 11, 2010
<img src="http://www.joplinglobeonline.com/images/zope/extra.gif" border="0">Father to be arraigned on misdemeanor charge w/ Eddie Salazar Facebook memorial The Jasper County prosecutor said Tuesday that he will await preliminary findings of an autopsy before deciding whether a Carthage father is to be charged in the death of his 8-month-old son. Eddie A. Salazar, 29, is accused of making a false report to police that the baby boy was abducted by two masked men who broke into their home Thursday night.
February 9, 2010 1 Link
In our view: We are all heartsick More details are unfolding about the death of 8-month-old Eddie Salazar, now known throughout our community simply as “Baby Eddie.”

The story surrounding the death of the Carthage boy has gripped the hearts of our readers, and shocked the community.
February 9, 2010 1 Photo
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