A black father has been charged with kidnapping and killing his one-month-old son who was found dead in the trunk of a stolen car

Janus Saintil, aged 24, was driving with the baby’s mother, Claudia Harriot, Marissa Murray and Andrew Pennant, all three aged 22, to a Walmart when he got into an argument with Harriot over their relationship and pulled out a gun. Harriot broke up with the 24-year-old in the car. Saintil had kidnapped the three and forced Pennant to drive about 85 miles to Port St. Lucie, where he dropped off his son at an unknown house. Saintil then took away his hostages’ cell phones and told Pennant to withdraw money from a gas station ATM. However, when the man refused and started yelling for help, Saintil fled in the car that belonged to Pennant’s mother and returned to South Florida with his son in tow. Before he left, however, he told Harriot that he was going to kill their baby. The boy’s body was found after Saintil parked the car in a parking lot next to an undercover police officer, who became suspicious and searched the car. Lieutenant Joe McHugh identified the baby as Saintil's son. The infant was discovered underneath a diaper bag and blanket in the trunk. Baby Josiah was described as being cold to the touch and foaming at the nose and mouth. A loaded gun was also found in the car. Saintil has been arraigned on first-degree murder, carjacking, kidnapping, robbery and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charges. He was ordered held without bond at the Broward County jail. Talia Rodriguez, aged 18, who was with Saintil in the stolen car when police found his son has been taken into custody for questioning. Rodriguez told police that she did not know the baby was in the trunk. Josiah’s mother was also taken in for questioning, but investigators said that she was a victim in the situation. An autopsy will be performed on the child to determine the cause of death. Saintil has been arrested numerous times over the past six years on charges ranging from trespassing to armed robbery. In 2008, the 24-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison for grand theft. Saintil also had an outstanding warrant in Coral Springs.