KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The Knoxville man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his three-month-old son appeared in court on Monday.
Adrien Dokes, 18, has been charged with first-degree murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse and his bond has been set at $1 million.
Officers responded to an apartment on Forestal Drive on Sept. 11 after receiving a report of an unresponsive infant. Officers noted injuries around the jawline of the three-month-old boy. The child died at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital just after midnight on Sept. 12…