Edmonton Police Service arrested and charged a man with second-degree murder in the February 2023 death of his biological infant son, a five-week-old.
Police say on January 11, the chief medical examiner determined that baby Leviathan Puchalski died of “abusive head trauma,” and that the manner of death was homicide. An autopsy had been conducted Friday February 10, 2023, but the cause and manner of death were pending additional testing.
Police arrested 28-year-old George Russell Hulleman on Tuesday, January 23, charging him with second degree murder, and issued unrelated firearms charges.
Police say EMS received a call about an infant in medical distress at a home near 156 Street and 95 Avenue on Sunday February 5, 2023. The baby boy was then transported to hospital where he eventually succumbed to his injuries the following Thursday, February 9.
“At that time, EPS investigators from Child Protection and Homicide sections launched a suspicious death investigation,” a police news release said.
Anyone with any information about this case is asked to contact the EPS at 780-423-4567.
