Ga. man dies in jail awaiting trial for death of his son found in freezer

Carlton James Mathis, 30, from Gainesville, GA, has died in prison on Friday while he was awaiting trial for the death of his 6-month-old son who was found in a hotel room freezer last summer. A jailer found him unresponsive just prior to 10 p.m.

Emergency medical crews performed CPR on the dead body and used a defibrillator on him, but he remained dead based upon his continued unresponsiveness.

The alleged infant-killer was incarcerated at the Houston County jail in Dothan, Alabama .

Mathis, who was an aspiring tattoo and scab model, was originally charged with murder and was awaiting trial later this year for the death of his son, Curtis James Oakes, who was killed after ingesting methamphetamine.

After his child died, the crap weasel allegedly wrapped the boy's tiny body in a towel, placed it in a garbage bag and stuffed him in a Dothan hotel room freezer, where he was found about five to six days later, according to Dothan police. Oakes actually told police that he and his lovely wife put the infant in the freezer when the odor became unbearable.

The baby's mother, Amanda Gail Oakes, 36, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and corpse abuse earlier this week and was sentenced to merely 99 years in prison. She agreed to testify against Mathis at his trial in November to avoid 100 years in prison.

Last year, after police found the infant's body, a search began for Mathis, who was eventually found and shot by a SWAT team operator in Bronson, Florida where he unfortunately survived.

He received medical treatment for his wounds and was taken to a hospital for additional treatment. His lovely wife was also arrested during that time.

Mathis was originally charged with murder before that charge was dismissed in favor of a manslaughter charge, as well as corpse abuse.

The body of Mathis is reportedly being taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences to determine the cause of death. It certainly wasn't caused by a broken heart for his son.

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