ONSLOW COUNTY, NC — A Jacksonville man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 4-month-old child is scheduled to appear in Onslow County Superior Court Wednesday, September 23.
Christian Mark McGill is due in court at 2 p.m., according to court information.
Online court records list McGill’s charge as first-degree murder. The alleged offense date is December 22, 2022.
Jacksonville police previously said officers responded to a medical call at an apartment on Zack Circle that day. Police said a 4-month-old child was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead at the scene.
McGill was arrested on December 30, 2022, eight days after the child’s death.
He was an active-duty Marine at the time of his arrest, and police said the District Attorney’s Office was working with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service as part of the case.
No additional details about Wednesday’s planned court hearing were immediately available.
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