Photos of Jackson Dallas Forster were shown in a Ramsey County courtroom Monday before his father was sentenced to prison for causing head injuries to the 8-week-old, who died less than two months later.

One photo showed Jackson in a romper that read, “Mommy’s Little Baby.” It was taken five days before he was injured at the hands of his father, who told police he could not remember what had happened because he was “blackout drunk.”

Last month, Mark Russell Forster, 40, of White Bear Lake, entered a Norgaard plea to second-degree unintentional murder for his son’s March 2024 death, which an autopsy determined was from complications due to blunt force head trauma. Under a Norgaard plea, a defendant says they are unable to remember what happened due to drug use or mental health impairment

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