After getting a call for a rescue quad, Scott County dispatchers sent an emergency team to a home on Ohio Street in Dungannon, Virginia shortly before 10 am Monday.
The emergency team found a 5 month old, dead.
When deputies arrived, they found drugs and got a search warrant. They collected evidence and the investigation into the baby's death continued through Monday evening.
The preliminary autopsy results showed the baby died of possible suffication. Tuesday, deputies arrested the baby's father, Michael Douglas Barton, and charged him with second degree murder.
The investigation into the case continues, and The Scott County Sheriff's Department said more charges are pending.
Barton is scheduled to appear in court today.
Your Tri-Cities News Source will be there. Find out what happened tonight on News Channel 11 at 5 and News Channel 11 at 6.
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