Dad put pillow over newborn’s face ‘for a few minutes max’ to block sounds of music with ‘bad words’ and smell of pot: Police

A father has admitted to placing a pillow over his infant daughter’s face, contending that it was “for a few minutes max,” Missouri authorities say.

Miguel Simmons has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child, Greene County court records show. The case began on Monday after a witness walked into a room at Simmons’ home in Springfield and saw a pillow on the bed “wiggling.”

The witness grabbed the “regular sized” sleeping pillow and found underneath it the baby girl, who was not quite 2 months old. The witness was concerned that the baby “would not have been able to breathe.”…

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