JACKSON, MI – A man accused of killing his 2-month-old son was granted bond and bound over to circuit court Thursday morning.

Michael Glaspie, 28, of Jackson, is charged with one count of felony murder and one count of first-degree child abuse. Jackson County District Judge Daniel Goostrey set bond at $150,000. If he posts the necessary $15,000, he has to stay in his apartment and wear a GPS tracker.

“If people are able to come up with this kind of money for you to get out, you are putting many people at risk to lose that money,” Goostrey said. “If you’re able to get this posted you need to walk an extremely fine line.”

The child, Tristan Glaspie, was admitted to Henry Ford Allegiance Health June 8. He was then airlifted to Ann Arbor C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, but died June 11, witnesses testified in Goostrey’s courtroom Oct. 24.

An autopsy revealed Tristan had 24 rib fractures, in various stages of healing, Washtenaw County Medical Examiner Dr. Jeffrey Jentzen testified. The infant also had skull and femur fractures, he testified.

Tristan’s cause of death was traumatic brain injury from blunt force trauma, and the manner of death was homicide, Jentzen testified. Some of the injuries would have occurred around 10 days before Tristan was brought to the hospital, and the more recent injuries would have happened “multiple days” beforehand, Jentzen said, but determining the exact time the injuries occurred is not possible.

Pediatric Dr. Carla Parkin-Joseph, who treated Tristan at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, testified about the injuries, which were consistent with injuries from abuse and trauma, she said. Some of the fractures were older than about 10 days and others occurred within 10 days, she said.

“This case is inference upon inference upon inference,” defense attorney Stephen LaCommare said. “You have not heard from the mother. … There is a lot of information in this case to show my client is not the one that committed this. He called the hospital. He wanted to help his son who was injured on that night.”

A pretrial conference date will be scheduled in front of Jackson County Circuit Judge Susan Jordan.