Susan Murphy-Milano...

The world view's the photo of yet another bright beautiful baby, murdered by someone who released themselves into a female the year before, most likely under the influence, producing life.  This pathetic producing sperm bank murdered the child beyond recognition. And now as Mullis faces what will be a permanent home behind bars I was more curious as to why he just didn't take his own life? Why did he even bother turning himself in? There is no glory or honor on this earth or in heaven for such crimes we are all witnessing in quick succession of one another across the country.  No social services agency or any other outreach type of service could have predicted or prevented such a murder.  When instead of a prison facility, Mullis should be sentenced to a criminal and behavioral experimental laboratory where he can be studied and then his brain dissected for further research.  

GALVESTON — Travis Mullis stomped his 3-month-old son to death because the boy wouldn’t stop crying, authorities allege in an affidavit used to obtain a capital murder arrest warrant.

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The Daily News obtained the affidavit against Mullis, 21, of Alvin, on Monday. In it, Sgt. Annie Almendarez of the Galveston Police Department said the statement came to her Friday via a fax.

Philadelphia police detectives Gregory Rodden and Robert Hesser, who interviewed Mullis when he surrendered Friday, signed a written statement, Almendarez said.

In the statement, Almendarez said Mullis’ girlfriend, Caren Kohberger, told police that Mullis left their Alvin home about 4:30 a.m. Jan. 29 and was supposed to return with her baby for a 9 a.m. feeding.

Police have said Mullis went to work on a car, and that Kohberger wasn’t alarmed that he left with the child.

“In the signed written statement, Travis James Mullis admitted taking Alijah Mullis out of his car seat and stated the only way to stop Alijah Mullis from crying was to kill him [Alijah],” Almendarez said in the affidavit.

The statement also says Mullis stomped on the infant’s head three to four times “until he felt Alijah Mullis’ skull collapsing.”

Galveston police Lt. Jorge Treviño said Monday he didn’t know specifically where the homicide occurred on the island.

“We’re confident, based on the statement he gave, that it happened in Galveston,” Trevino said.

A sightseeing Galveston couple found the boy about 9 a.m. Jan. 29 on a grassy and paved berm on the island’s East End.

Almendarez went to the berm and found the boy, saying he was clad only in a diaper. Police found a car seat about 35 feet from the boy’s body.

Kohberger told officers the dead infant was hers after seeing a police photograph of the boy. Police were unable to identify the child through birth records from Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston.

John Florence, an investigator with the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office, said Monday that he would speak with Galveston investigators upon their return from Philadelphia.

“I haven’t had a chance to talk with them since they went to Philadelphia,” Florence said. “We’ll talk to them about where to send the DNA.”

Treviño said the Texas Department of Public Safety would be asked to expedite the DNA test.

In a Philadelphia courtroom Monday, Mullis waived extradition to Texas, setting the stage for his arrival in Galveston as early as Tuesday night.

John Doyle, a prosecutor who handled the hearing for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, said Mullis waived extradition in a personal appearance before a judge.

“The judge made sure he understood his rights, asking if he understood English, could read and write,” Doyle said. “I expect he’ll be transported to Texas [today] or at the latest Wednesday.”

When asked if Mullis showed signs of remorse, Doyle said only that Mullis answered the judge’s questions in mostly one-word responses.

Particulars of the infant’s death weren’t discussed during the hearing, Doyle said.

Tanya Little, a spokeswoman with the Philadelphia Police Department, said the hearing lasted about 30 minutes.

Mullis was charged by Philadelphia police Friday with being a fugitive of justice, was arraigned Sunday and was held at the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia without bond. Police have said Mullis drove to Maryland and then Philadelphia after the killing.

Bob Eskind, a spokesman for the facility, said Mullis was to undergo an evaluation and was not placed in the general inmate population to protect him from himself and others.

It wasn’t immediately known where Mullis was being held following Monday’s extradition hearing.

A neighbor of Kohberger said she attended a Saturday memorial with Alijah’s family. The neighbor, who asked not to be identified, provided a statement from members of Alijah’s “surrogate family.”

The statement said those who know the family were pleased that Mullis had surrendered and that they pray the legal system would do its job and justice would be swift. Their main focus, the neighbor said, is Alijah. They want to remember him as the beautiful baby boy he was.

Mullis is also charged with enticing an 8-year-old Brazoria County girl.

Alvin police alleged Mullis took the girl from his home to a playground where he pulled down her pants. A warrant said the girl cried and he returned her home.

The third-degree felony carries a $50,000 bond, and the capital murder warrant has a $1 million bond, authorities have said.

Daily News reporter Scott E. Williams contributed to this report.