Oakland County Father, Infant Daughter Dead in 'Very Bizarre' Incident

A father and his 7-month-old daughter are dead, and a third person was taken to an area hospital with injuries in what Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard is calling a “very bizarre” incident in Oxford Township.

Sgt. Dale Brown of the sheriff’s department told the Detroit Free Press the father, a 29-year-old man, and his baby girl both died Sunday in an apparent homicide at the home in the 140 block of Kintyre near South Lapeer Road and West Drahner Road

A third person at the house, a 65-year-old woman who is believed to be the man’s mother, is in stable condition at McLaren Hospital in Pontiac, but is sedated, The Detroit News reports.

Police didn’t reveal the names of the victims or how they died, but WJBK-TV identified them as Daryne Gailey and his daughter, Charley Henrick.

Authorities, who described the scene at the house as chaotic, didn’t say how the victims died, but collected a sharp instrument at the scene. The two adult victims sustained obvious injuries from a sharp instrument and both bled extensively. The baby had no outward signs of trauma, according to reports.

The infant’s mother made a missing persons report in another county after her baby wasn’t returned Saturday night as expected. Bouchard said an official missing persons report couldn’t be filed until 48 hours had passed in custodial issues, but officials investigated as a courtesy and did not find the man and the baby at the house or at another location in Oxford. The baby’s mother and the man identified as Gailey were in the process of divorcing, according to reports.

The bodies were discovered at 9:50 a.m. Sunday after Gailey’s father asked for a welfare check. He said it was unusual he hadn’t seen his son, Bouchard said.

Brown of the sheriff’s department said there was no sign of forced entry at the home, where Gailey lived.

No one was in custody late Sunday. Autopsies will be conducted Monday.

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Screenshot via WJBK-TV video.