Family members say that although they’d long been trying to get Morris psychological help, he never showed violent tendencies, and it was typical for him to watch the baby on his own. After police arrived and spoke with Morris, Freeman said, the father expressed no remorse. He would later tell law enforcement that he was schizophrenic and heard voices.

Freeman said a full psychological evaluation on Morris will be completed but that his depiction of his state of mind has since changed.

“There’s all sorts of different stories from him,” he said.