A 24-year-old man from Indiana is facing serious charges after reportedly researching ways to deceive a lie detector. This came in the wake of his newborn son’s hospitalization for injuries that tragically led to the infant’s death.
Oliver Clayton Lee Young has been charged with neglect of a dependent, aggravated battery, and domestic battery, as detailed by WPTA. The charges of neglect and aggravated battery specifically note they resulted in death, and all charges pertain to a victim under the age of 14.
According to court documents, authorities were alerted by a family case manager about the infant at Parkview Huntington Hospital on October 17, 2025. The baby was reportedly near death with injuries that raised suspicion of non-accidental causes.
A pediatrician who initially saw the baby during a routine checkup observed a bruise on the infant’s back. When questioned, the child’s mother suggested the bruise might have been caused by the baby rolling onto a pacifier. However, given that the baby was only a few weeks old and likely unable to roll over independently, the doctor found this explanation unconvincing.
The doctor advised the parents to take the baby to the emergency room, where another doctor suspected a brain bleed. The child was then urgently transferred to Riley Children’s Hospital in critical condition, as the parents provided conflicting accounts regarding the circumstances of the injuries.
Adding to the concerns, the baby’s grandmother informed investigators about a blood spot in the infant’s eye that had persisted for over a week, further complicating the narrative surrounding the child’s injuries.
An MRI on October 20 confirmed swelling in the brain, but the baby was eventually considered stable enough to be discharged.
The mom called 911 on October 29, however, and reported the baby was unresponsive. Doctors at Parkview Huntington found “virtually no brain activity” with significant head trauma and internal bleeding. A doctor said the injuries were consistent with the baby being shaken.
The infant was airlifted back to Riley Children’s Hospital the following day, WANE reported. Doctors there found a healing fracture in the child’s leg, which they said could be linked to shaking or could also happen if he was pulled by the leg. They further found multiple healing fractured ribs that they say could have happened if the child was squeezed too hard.
The baby was declared brain dead on November 2. The Marion County Coroner’s Office determined the cause of death to be craniocerebral trauma and determined the manner of death to be homicide.
When police spoke with family members at the apartment where Young lived with the mother and the baby, they learned that the baby was heard crying on the morning of October 29 and that Young told the baby to “shut the f*** up” and took the baby to the bathroom multiple times while he was crying.
The child’s grandmother told police that the mother asked for help that morning because the baby wasn’t taking his bottle. She said that when the mom handed her the baby, he was lifeless and struggling to breathe.
Young and the mother told investigators they thought the injuries were caused by hospital staff, although Young also made comments about possibly taking the blame for the baby’s death. He said, however, that if he did kill his son, it was an accident.
When investigators searched Young’s phone, they found he had read an article on Quora about what to expect from a lengthy prison sentence on October 29 and, two days later, one called “How to Cheat a Polygraph Test (Lie Detector): 9 Hacks & Prep Tips.” Police said his search history had been manually deleted.
Young was booked into the Huntington County Jail on Sunday and given a $150,000 bond.
