A man has been arrested in the connection with his infant daughter’s death after a warrant was issued last year.
Aaron Vanormer — who had an active $50,000 warrant for manslaughter and another warrant for a parole violation — was taken into custody after Alaska State Troopers were tipped off about his location Saturday, according to an online dispatch posted Tuesday morning.
Troopers responded to a home in Wasilla, where they found 29-year-old Vanormer and his girlfriend. Although the couple was “initially non-compliant,” they ultimately exited the residence and Vanormer was arrested, the dispatch said.
The warrant was issued in December after his 2-month-old daughter’s death at a Spenard motel in June, according to court documents. Investigation revealed the child — whose mother was in custody at the time — was living in a motel room with Vanormer.
The victim’s grandfather reportedly found the child in a motel bathtub not breathing, charging documents say. An autopsy could not conclusively say drowning was the cause of death.
Court records show Vanormer was arraigned Monday.