The Ramsey County Attorney’s Office charged a man with the murder of his infant son in White Bear Lake.

Child abuse specialists reported that Jackson Dallas Forster’s injuries “were highly consistent with abusive head trauma,” according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.

Jackson was 8 weeks old when his mother brought him to the hospital in January. He remained hospitalized and died about two months later, and an autopsy determined he died from complications due to blunt force head trauma.

Mark Russell Forster, the 39-year-old father of Jackson, told police he arrived home from work on Jan. 31 about 1 a.m. and “kinda delved into liquor a little bit,” the complaint said.

He said he remembered putting the baby to bed, but not how or when he went to bed. He remembered waking up at 6 a.m. to feed Jackson, after which he said he put the baby in his swing. He said at some point they moved to the bed because that’s where they were when he woke up.

Forster also told police “he drank more than typical that morning when he got home,” the complaint continued.

“Medical providers told investigators that (Jackson’s) medical issues did not occur naturally and that they were likely the result of outside force or trauma,” the complaint said.

The baby’s mother told investigators that she confronted Forster about the baby’s injuries and he said “he may have done something to their son but he did not remember because he had been drinking,” according to the complaint.

Forster told investigators that the baby’s mother wasn’t responsible for their child’s severe injuries. He said “he could not rule himself out as the cause,” the complaint said.

Investigators found a text message that Forster sent to the baby’s mother, which said, “Yea. I’m just really upset with myself because I got so blackout drunk last night I don’t remember anything. This is all my fault,” according to the complaint.

A warrant was issued for Forster’s arrest when he was charged Monday with second-degree unintentional murder while committing a felony.

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