Frisco man indicted on capital murder charge after 22-month-old son’s death

Frisco man indicted on capital murder charge after 22-month-old son’s death

By Valerie Wigglesworth/Reporter

vwigglesworth@dallasnews.com

12:35 pm on August 3, 2012

A Frisco man was indicted Thursday on a charge of capital murder involving a child under 6 years old.

Scott Garrett, 41, is accused of killing his 22-month-old adopted son, Logan, last October. He was arrested by police in December. A Collin County grand jury returned its indictment on the capital murder charge on Thursday.

Defense attorney David Haynes said his client’s case will be sorted out in court. “Our position is that he did not murder his child,” Haynes said.

Logan died of blunt force trauma to the abdomen, according to court documents. The father told Frisco police he had been wrestling with his son and knocked the wind out of him. But the boy then groaned and rolled his head back, records say. Garrett sought help from a neighbor, who is a doctor, but Logan’s condition didn’t improve. Logan was taken by ambulance to the hospital, where he died.

Logan and his twin sister had moved in with Garrett and his wife, Emily, in March 2011 as part of a private adoption arranged with the help of St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Frisco. The twins’ adoption was finalized in early October. A little more than a week later, Logan was dead.

The Garretts have since relinquished their parental rights of Logan’s sister, who had shown signs of being abused, according to court records. The girl remains in foster care.