'Most Wanted' Man, Accused In Infant Son's Death, Caught After 2 Years On The Run

Anthony Ojeda, aka Erik Jonathan Donas-Ojeda, was taken into custody in Mexico alongside his husband.

After two years on the run, a New York father on the U.S. Marshals Service’s “15 Most Wanted” list has been arrested over the death of his son.

Anthony Ojeda, aka Erik Jonathan Donas-Ojeda, and husband Neil Garzon were captured Wednesday in Mexico City, the agency said in a press release.

In December 2019, police in Cohoes, New York, had responded to a call about an unresponsive 6-week-old at Ojeda’s apartment, the press release said.

The man’s son, Eli Ojeda, was soon pronounced dead at a hospital, with an autopsy showing that he’d died from acute methamphetamine toxicity and physical trauma.

At the time, the father was charged with second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. In addition, he and Garzon were both charged with endangering the welfare of a child, and were released on bond.