his father - 29 year old nathan weitzel - is in jail - after he isaiah unbuckled when he crashed sunday- because he wasn't quote "man enough" to raise a child. police say - weitzel took isaiah to the park -- and on the way home - left him unbuckled and drove into several cars - while going about 75 miles per hour. he also said he'd used cocaine that day. many of the people who live in the centennial neighborhood heard the crash -- and went running into their front yards. sam schulte rushed to the car to help. he saw isaiah...crying and bleeding in the back seat. schulte says he held the boy and rubbed his back trying to calm him down. most of the neighbors did not know the true intent behind the crash until a week later. denver police say the man accused of assault on the highline canal trail -- could be tied to another attack. 25 year old attacking a woman on the trail last friday. she somehow managed to get his picture. according to a police report, bookhart told officers he got into a fight with the woman - when her dog tried to bite him. he faces charges of 2nd degree assault for th

the car unbuckled and rammed into a parked car like this going 75 the details of 29-year-old nathan weitzel arrest is troubling. you can see he has two black eyes as result of the crash. he admits to crashing his car because quote i tried to kill my son, he said being a father was a big responsibility and he did not think he was man enough to raise a child. he admitted to being high on cocaine before the crash and to 75 miles per hour. in the crash the child suffered a broken leg concussion and several lacerations to the -?face. witnesses say after the crash he realizes son did not type so we began hitting the child while they were still inside the crashed car. >>reporter: he is charged with attempted murder, child abuse and assault for attacking a firefighter and a police officer after the crash as they were trying to restrain him. >>> some tragic news of adams county, deputies get called about unconscious baby and they arrived to find the family trying to save her life aad unfortunately it was too late. she died right here at the motel all federal. investigators are investigating this rig

police say that his father 29- year-old nathan weitzel tried to kill his son in centennial. he admitted to police he did it raise a child. he also said he used cocaine that day. neighbors who heard the crash ran into the street to help not knowing the back story. 9news reporter vicente arenas spoke to some of them today. >> neighbors say they saw a tangled mess and were even more horrified when they saw the father strike his bleeding child in that wrecked car. the people who live along south eudora way aren't used to the noise through their neighborhood sunday morning. >> i was in the backyard and heard a loud engine noise and crash. there was no screeching of brakes at all, just the crash. >> reporter: this is what cindy rosas saw in her neighbor's front yard. >> just horrifying, not knowing now it happened, why it happened, what's going on, is the child okay, is the driver okay? >> reporter: it was then she and her neighbors saw a 2-year- old boy in the car bleeding and crying. at first neighbors were hitting the child. it looked like an elbow, elbow jab because the child

. >> reporter: yes. 29-year-old nathan weitzel admits to police he was drunk add high on cocaine in this park when he deviced a plan to kill his own son. he attempted to do so by putting his son in the car unrestrained and outside the chhld seat. then he hit a parked cargoing 65 to 75 miles per hour. weitzel is being held on $500,000 bond for attempted murder, child abuse and he you can see he has black eyes from the crash. the child suffered broken bones, stitches in his face and at risk according to doctors of permanent disability because of bone fractures. in the affidavit weitzel admits i was trying to kill my son because raising a son is a big responsibility and he wasn't man enough to do so. when firefighters first arrived on the scene, he was attempting to pull broken glass out of his float. again, he was high on cocaine. he is being held on half a million dollars bond. russell haythorn, denver 7. >>> police are investigating after a baby is found dead at a local hotel. the six month old girl was at the primrose motel. pod say the parents are cooperating but the death is being inv

according to court documents, nathan weitzel told the detectives, "the reason he wanted to kill isaiah was because being a father was a big responsibility and he did not think he was man enough to raise a child." weitzel told police he took isaiah to the park and while the boy played he was thinking of ways to kill him. >> he is in the place that he jail for a long time. >> reporter: he also used cocaine that day. >> tiger. >> tiger. >> reporter: as you probably figured out, isaiah loves stuffed animals, spider-man, cars and dinosaurs also up there. today he's coloring his cast. he's probably confused about what happened and why. anyone touched by his story would be. his mom is, but now isaiah's full recovery is her focus and hope. how he could do something like this, but i'm hoping that he recovers fast and that people pray for us and for my son to get better. >> reporter: anastasiya bolton, 9news. >> it would be natural to be angered or outraged by this story. we have more information about ways people are helping the family on the driver of a second car possibly connected to a deadl

nathan weitzel is charged with attempted murder for that crash earlier this month. police say he told them he wanted to kill his two-year-old son because being a father was a big responsibility. whitesell was wearing a seatbelt but his son was not. the boy got serious injuries including a broken femur and a concussion. >>> new developments as police old incident. karen morfitt joins us live there tonight. you spoke with one of the women involved. >> reporter: exactly. she says she is still very shaken up and didn't want to go on camera but tells me she was walking here along this trail when a man came out of nowhere and attacked, despite the shock -- nowhere and attacked her. despite the shock, she was able to pull out her phone and dial 911. just one day after police released this sketch paired with this cell phone video of the suspect in an attack on the high line canal, demarcus burkart was arrested. >> it was a composite sketch that led us to the arrest. >> reporter: the attack happened on friday, made day, after another woman was assaulted in the same area a we

police say that year-old nathan weitzel tried to kill his son in centennial. he admitted to police he did it because he wasn't man enough to raise a child. he also said he used cocaine that day. neighbors who heard the crash ran into the street to help not knowing the back story. 9news reporter vicente arenas spoke to some of them today. >> neighbors say they saw a tangled mess and were even more horrified when they saw the father strike his bleeding eudora way aren't used to the noise they heard tearing through their neighborhood sunday morning. >> i was in the backyard and heard a loud engine noise and crash. there was no screeching of brakes at all, just the crash. >> reporter: this is what cindy rosas saw in her neighbor's front yard. >> just horrifying, not knowing now it happened, why it happened, what's going on, is the child okay, is the driver okay? >> reporter:it and her neighbors saw a 2-year- old boy in the car bleeding and crying. at first neighbors were concerned about smoke and the car catching fire. >> and then i see the dad hitting the child.

nathan weitzel s now being held on $500,000 bond. in his mugshots, you can see the black eyes he still has from the crash a week ago. the little boy broken bones and suffered a concussion. in an affidavit, whitesell allegedly told police he did it because he "wasn't man enough to raise a child." >>> new developments from a story from yesterday morning. we are learning more about the man hit and killed by a teenager while crossing the street on saturday night. nick richling was crossing the road when a 17-year-old teenager, driving without a license, was dragracing. that teenager is now behind bars. -- of the victim, heartbroken. they want him to be remembered for the murals he painted all over the citt. he was actually planning to put the final touches on his latest work of art coming this week. >>> the body of a colorado man killed while fighting isis is finally on its way back home. levi shirley joined kurdish fighters in syria. he was killed in july. yesterday, his family told us his body is now on its way to iraq. from there, it

his dad nathan weitzel told police he took cocaine the morning of the crash. he's in the arapahoe county jail on multiple charges including attempted first 9news.com. >>> investigators are trying to determine how a 6-month-old baby died at the primrose motel on federal and west55th. the child was dead when first responders arrived. cpr was performed on the child. the parents are cooperating. >>> denver police say they had no choice but to shoot a man threatening them with a knife saturday morning. a woman called police about a disturbance at her home street. she said the man involved 49- year-old terry salazar had several warrants out for his arrest. when police arrived, salazar ran upstairs to a converted attic. officers followed, heard a woman screaming and kicked in the door. officers tried stunning him and say it didn't work and they say he kept coming. >> the officers were within 6 feet of the suspect when he lunged at them with a knife and they fired their weapon. literally their backs were up >> salazar died at the hospital. the officer who shot him is

the crash was last sunday afternoon in centennial. 29-year-old nathan weitzel told police-- he crashed his car "on purpose"--- to kill his son. he didn't "buckle up" two-year-old isiah. and-- police think-- he was driving up to 75 miles per hour-- when he crashed into several cars. an officer says-- weitzel told them he wanted to kill his son... because to raise a child. he admitted to taking cocaine that day, too. little isiah survived the crash. half of his body is in a cast, right now. his mother-- who isn't married ot weitzel-- can't believe he'd try to do such a thing. witnesses to the crash can't believe it either. they also couldn't believe what weitzel apparently did to his son-- after crashing his car. several charges-- including attempted first- degree murder. isiah's mother says-- jail is definitely where he belongs. we'll hear from isiah's mom-- in our next hour. a man accused of assaulting a woman on the highline canal trail- might be tied to another attack. 25 year old demarcus bookhart is accused of attacking a woman last friday on the trail. that woman ma picture as he