Danny Adams, 24, made his first appearance in Androscoggin County Superior Court on Friday. The judge ruled that Adams be held without bail at the Androscoggin County Jail pending a bail hearing sought by the state to establish probable cause in a formerly capital offense.

That hearing hadn’t been scheduled as of noon Friday.

Adams was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder. He was taken to a Lewiston hospital for observation before being transferred to Androscoggin County Jail.

Police said Adams, of 77 Rideout Ave., Lewiston, told them he was frustrated that his son wouldn’t stop crying on the morning of Dec. 14, so he put a pacifier in his son’s mouth and forced him to stay on his stomach by pressing on his back.

An autopsy determined the cause of death was asphyxiation.

Adams admitted to police in an earlier interview that he had injected heroin the night before at a friend’s house, then smoked marijuana with Baker after he arrived at home. He said he had bruised Zade’s ears when he squeezed them with his thumb and fingers as he held the head of the baby, who continued to cry.

Adams said he caused bruising on Zade’s forehead when he forced a pacifier in the baby’s mouth and held it in place with his palm, while supporting his fingers on the baby’s forehead.

Doctors had detected a rib fracture during the autopsy. Adams told police he had become frustrated by Zade’s crying about four weeks earlier and had squeezed the baby hard.

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