A Colorado man’s charges have been reinstated after he allegedly killed a 10-month-old baby he was watching at a Motel 6, which he agreed to watch so he could “get laid” by the child’s mother.
William Jacobs was arrested in May 2023 and charged with murder and child abuse after the baby was found dead at a Motel 6 in Cañon City. Jacobs was allegedly the last person to take care of the child after he volunteered to babysit. He was 21 years old at the time of the incident.
In 2024, the charges against Jacobs were dropped after a district court judge ruled that former 11th Judicial District Attorney Linda Stanley, the prosecutor handling the case, made comments about Jacobs in a media interview that violated ethical standards.
However, the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the decision on Thursday, May 21, and argued that Stanley’s conduct “does not satisfy the stringent standard for finding outrageous government conduct as set forth in the case law,” according to an opinion issued by the Court of Appeals and viewed by Us Weekly.
“Stanley’s commentary on the case did not play any part in the filing of charges against Jacobs,” the court stated. “Therefore, regardless of how improper Stanley’s public comments were, they did not constitute the kind of outrageous conduct that justifies the sanction of dismissal.”
Stanley, who was disbarred and removed from office in November 2024, told KRDO in August 2023 that Jacobs was watching the baby in an attempt to try to have sex with the child’s mother.
“I’m going to be very blunt here. He has zero investment in this child. Zero. He’s watching that baby so he can get laid… and have a place to sleep,” Stanley said at the time. “I’m sorry to be that blunt, but honest to God, that’s what’s going on.”
Jacobs was staying at the Motel 6 when he met the boy’s mother, who worked as a front desk clerk, according to court documents obtained by KRDO. Just days later, the pair moved in together into the same room where the baby died with signs of alleged abuse.
While speaking to police, Jacobs reportedly admitted to biting the boy on the arm “while playing with him,” as well as hitting his head on a door frame while trying to make him throw up.
“I’m confident we have that evidence or else I wouldn’t have charged it,” Stanley told KRDO. “I had just had so many buzzers going off when they said the boyfriend was watching him … There was a whole lot of things indicative of a prior incident with that baby.”
No new hearings for Jacobs have been scheduled as of time of publication.
