One-year-old Gideon Lockwood was fatally injured at a home in Gering, Nebraska, while in the care of Tyler Green, a 32-year-old man who appears to have been his mother's boyfriend. Emergency services were called after the child was found vomiting blood, unresponsive but breathing. Medical personnel at Regional West Medical Center discovered extensive injuries including a crushing injury and lacerations to his genital area, contusions and hematomas to his face, lower back, and chest, bruising on his buttocks and legs, internal injuries with bruising and blood in his lungs, a lowered body temperature of 92 degrees, and a hypoxic brain injury. A treating doctor stated the mechanism of injury appeared intentional and compared the severity of bruising to having the child placed in a clothes dryer. Green's account of the child having diarrhea was found to be inconsistent with the scene. The child was transported to Children's Hospital in Colorado after receiving a blood transfusion but died there on Saturday. The child's mother reported that she and Green had been drinking that evening and that Green had an altercation with his former wife before the incident. Green was charged with child abuse with intent resulting in injury and jailed on $1 million bond.
Contexts/Conditions
Is there any mention of child drug ingestion or overdose?
Is there any mention of a drowning incident (either intentional or accidental)?
Is there any mention of a firearm incident?
Is there any mention of inappropriate supervision (e.g., child wandered off and drowned)?
Is there any mention of inflicted injury? (e.g. slapped, punched, kicked, choked)
The news article describes extensive inflicted injuries. The doctor told police "the mechanism of injury appeared intentional." The child suffered a crushing injury to his genital area and lacerations, several contusions and hematomas to his face, lower back and chest, bruising on the child's buttocks and legs, internal injuries with bruising to the lungs, blood in his lungs, and a hypoxic brain injury. The doctor stated the amount of bruising "would be on par to having the child put in a clothes dryer and turned on."
Is there any mention of malnutrition, starvation, or dehydration?
Is there any mention of medical neglect?
Is there any mention of a motor vehicle crash or incident?
Is there any mention of a murder-suicide incident?
Is there any mention of outdoor elements (including hot car deaths)?
Is there any mention of prenatal substance exposure (including fetal alcohol syndrome or neonatal abstinence syndrome)?
Is there any mention of sexual abuse?
Is there any specific mention of shaken baby or abusive head trauma?
Is there any mention of prolonged abuse or torture (including restraints, captivity)?
Is there any mention of an unsafe sleeping environment?
Individuals Involved
Was an adoptive parent or guardian involved in the death?
Was a biological father involved in the death?
Was a biological mother involved in the death?
Was a day care worker, babysitter, or nanny involved in the death?
Was a female paramour or friend involved in the death (e.g., girlfriend, stepmother)?
Was a foster parent involved in the death?
Was a male paramour or friend involved in the death (e.g., boyfriend, stepfather)?
The article identifies the accused as Tyler Green, while the child's name is Gideon Lockwood, indicating different surnames. Green had a "former wife" separate from the child's mother. The child's mother is consistently referred to as "the child's mother" rather than as Green's wife or partner. Green was in the home with the mother and caring for the child, and the mother and Green had been "drinking earlier in the evening" together. All of this implies Green was the mother's boyfriend or male paramour, not the child's biological father.
Was another adult relative involved in the death? (e.g., grandfather, aunt)
Was a sibling involved in the death?
Child Characteristics
Was the child adopted?
Was the child homeschooled (including "cyberschooling") or taken out of school?
Was the child in foster care at the time of the incident?
Was the child living with relatives at the time of the incident (but not parents)?
Is there any mention of a neurological developmental child disability? (e.g., autism, intellectual disability, nonverbal)
Is there any mention of a physical child disability? (e.g., feeding tube)
Is there any mention of prematurity or low birthweight?
Is there a history of child protection reports prior to death (for this child or siblings)?
Does the child have a history of foster care (but not in care at time of incident)?
Is there a history of a sibling death (separate incident from this death)?
Parent/Caregiver Factors
Was an adult charged or arrested for the child's death?
The article states: "Police arrested a Gering man, Tyler Green, Wednesday on charges, accusing him in court documents of injuring the child. Green was arraigned in Scotts Bluff County Court later Wednesday on charges of committing child abuse with intent resulting in injury to a child, a Class II felony." He remains jailed on a $1 million bond. The StarHerald also reached out to the Scotts Bluff County Attorney to see if charges would be amended following the child's death.
Is domestic violence by the parent/caregiver referenced?
Is there any mention that the death occurred in a temporary shelter or while homeless?
Is an intellectual disability of the parent/caregiver referenced?
Is the mental health of the parent/caregiver referenced?
Is a history of arrests or criminal charges for the parent/caregiver referenced?
Is substance use by the parent/caregiver referenced?
The article states that the child's mother told police that "Green and she had been drinking earlier in the evening." This is an explicit reference to alcohol use by the caregivers on the evening the child was injured.
Notable Details
The article contains two notable details not fully addressed by prior questions. First, the treating doctor described the severity of the injuries by comparison, stating "the amount of bruising ... would be on par to having the child put in a clothes dryer and turned on," which conveys the extreme nature of the injuries. Second, at the time of the article's publication, the suspect Tyler Green was charged only with child abuse with intent resulting in injury (a Class II felony), because the initial charges were filed before the child died. The StarHerald noted it had "reached out to Scotts Bluff County Attorney Dave Eubanks to see if the county attorney's office will amend its charges after the death of the boy," indicating that the charges at the time did not yet reflect the child's death and potential upgrading to homicide charges was pending.
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