The father accused of murdering his 5-year-old child

MILWAUKEE. A father has been charged with six crimes in the death of his five-year-old son.

Christopher Sloan Milwaukee is charged with 2nd Degree Reckless Manslaughter, 2nd Degree Reckless Endangerment, DUI Homicide, DUI Homicide, Driving Without a Valid License Causing death, and child neglect resulting in death.

The charges stem from a crash that occurred around 8:00 p.m. on Friday, October 25, when Sloan crashed his car into two parked cars and a tree near 81st Street and Hampton on Milwaukee’s North Side. According to the criminal complaint, witnesses saw Sloan speeding and “drifting back and forth between lanes of traffic … (and had) the driver’s door open with his arm and leg dangling from the car, laughing and playing loudly to music.”

After the crash, police say Sloan “attempted to assault fire department personnel and made statements unrelated to what was happening at
the scene, including that he was shot (he did not have a gunshot wound).” Milwaukee police said Sloan could not sit still, was constantly flailing his arms and legs, and at one point tried to kick a firefighter, and when he was taken to the hospital, he. While at the hospital, Defendant “attempted to strike the nurses who were attempting to administer medical care.”

Police say Sloan’s blood-alcohol concentration was 0.220-0.270 g/100 ml, three times the legal limit in Wisconsin.

Witnesses also helped locate two of Sloan’s children: 5-year-old twins Jaylen and Jaylon. Jaylen was unresponsive on the front passenger floor while Jaylon was crushed between the front passenger seat and the dashboard. It turned out that both children were not wearing seat belts. Jaylen died from his injuries the next morning at Children’s Center of Wisconsin, while Jaylon was also taken to the hospital for his injuries and is expected to survive.

Sloan is being held at the Milwaukee County Jail on $200,000 bond. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 8.