Charles A. Bailey was booked Sunday into the El Dorado County jail as a homicide suspect in connection with the death of his 2-year-old son, sheriff's spokesman Sgt. Bryan Golmitz said.On Saturday March 15, 2008 at 7am, the El Dorado County Sheriff’s office responded to a domestic violence-attempted murder in Shingle Springs.  The suspect, Charles A. Bailey, age 50, fled the area with his 2 year old son Andrew.  As a result, the El Dorado Sheriff’s Office issued an Amber Alert for the child who was last seen with his father. Charles Bailey was taken into custody later in the day by the Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office who identified him through the Amber Alert. However, Andrew was not with his father. 

A massive ground search began along Highway 49 utilizing various search and rescue resources as well as those of the El Dorado Sheriff and the Amador County Sheriff. Based on information discovered by the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, their investigators were led to an area behind the KMART store in Martell.  Assisted by deputies of the Amador County Sheriff’s Office, the body of 2 year old Andrew was discovered near a small creek running behind the store at 6:00pm. At the request of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Martin Ryan granted jurisdiction over the investigation into Andrew’s death to El Dorado County. 

The crime scene was processed by the FBI crime scene response unit at the request of El Dorado County. The battery victim, Bailey’s Girl Friend and the mother of the boy, who has not been yet identified by authorities, remains hospitalized in Mercy Hospital in Folsom. The Sacramento Bee reported Monday that Bailey’s ex-wife, Betsey Bailey, reached for comment at her home in the Los Angeles suburb of Hawthorne, expressed “shock” at the news. She said of her ex-husband, “Charles was quiet and friendly. He loved to help people.” Anyone with information on this case is asked to call the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office at (530) 621-6600.