Baby found naked, lying in dirt after dad abandons him in Oregon forest

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OREGON — On May 10, 2018, at about 6:17 am, deputies with the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 21100 block of Sholes Road, south of Bend, regarding a male that had come out of the woods and was on the caller’s property asking for law enforcement.

Deputies contacted the male, Brandon M. Blouin, and learned that he, an eighteen year old female and their one year old son Bradley Michael Thomas had been staying in a vehicle in the forest land to the north of China Hat Road, near milepost 3. The female had walked away from the vehicle at some point alone and left Bradley in the care and custody of Blouin. Blouin waited for a period of time for her to return, but then took Bradley with him to look for the female.

During Blouin’s search for the female, he set Bradley down in the forest and left him. Blouin is believed to have been under the influence of a controlled substance when he made the choice set him down and walk away.

The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office activated numerous resources in a race against time to locate Bradley, who we believed to be somewhere in forest land between China Hat Road and Tekampe/Sholes Roads. Activated resources included DCSO Detectives, DCSO patrol personnel, ground and horseback searchers, and drones and helicopters with thermal image sensors. At about 12:11pm this afternoon, a detective assisting with the search located Bradley about 1 mile from the family’s vehicle. Bradley was found naked and laying in the dirt. He was immediately transferred into the care of medical personnel on scene.

Brandon Blouin was arrested by DCSO detectives on charges of Criminal Mistreatment I, Child Neglect II, Endangering the Welfare of a Minor, and Assault III. The assault charge stems from an injury that we believe Bradley suffered while in Blouin’s care. Blouin is currently in police custody at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.

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