--- description: A Milwaukee man has been accused of drowning his three-month-old son after arguing with the child's mother. title: 'The Most Evil Thing I've Seen.' Man Accused of Drowning 3-Month-Old Son image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'The Most Evil Thing I've Seen.' Man Accused of Drowning 3-Month-Old Son by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2016 3:07 PM CUT by [Rosalie Chan](/author/rosalie-chan/) ## Rosalie Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 2, 2016 3:07 PM CUT A Milwaukee man has been accused of [drowning](http://time.com/4130295/climate-change-drown-cities/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") his three-month-old son after arguing with the child’s mother. The 25-year-old man is in custody on a pending homicide charge, the [Milwaukee _Journal Sentinel_](http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/31/father-accused-drowning-3-month-old-son/87896974/ "undefined") reports. Police said the infant’s parents were arguing Saturday when the father grabbed the [baby](http://time.com/4215378/baby-twin-video/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined") and went to the pond. Another man followed him and tried to retrieve the child, but was unable to. Officers also ran to the pond to rescue the [baby](http://time.com/4132826/calming-baby-doctor/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined"), but the father was no longer holding him. Police arrested the suspect and searched for the baby, who was found unconscious within minutes, the [_Journal Sentinel_](http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/31/father-accused-drowning-3-month-old-son/87896974/ "undefined")reports. Robert Amstadt told the newspaper that he heard a loud argument outside a nearby apartment building, where a woman screamed, “Give me back my baby.” Then he saw a young man carrying his crying infant son walk into a pond and sit down so that the water reached his chest and the baby could not be seen. It was, he said, “the most evil thing I’ve seen.” \[[_Milwaukee Journal Sentinel_](http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2016/07/31/father-accused-drowning-3-month-old-son/87896974/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4434977/wisconsin-man-drown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4434977/wisconsin-man-drown/"},"headline":"'The Most Evil Thing I've Seen.' Man Accused of Drowning 3-Month-Old Son","datePublished":"2016-08-02T15:07:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:43:12.966Z","description":"Allegedly after an argument with the mother","url":"https://time.com/4434977/wisconsin-man-drown/","keywords":["Crime","justice"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rosalie Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rosalie-chan/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4434977/wisconsin-man-drown/","name":"'The Most Evil Thing I've Seen.' Man Accused of Drowning 3-Month-Old Son"}}]}] ```