A Missouri father could be headed back to prison for the second time for assaulting his 6-week-old son – after he died 20 years later from injuries sustained in the attack.

 Olin Shane Tannery, 39, was released from prison in 2007 after spending 13 years behind bars following his conviction of attempted first-degree assault for shaking, squeezing and throwing his infant son, Dominick J. Pittsenbarger, on Feb. 19, 1998, the Kansas City Star reports.

 Pittsenbarger, who is identified as Tannery’s son in court documents, survived the attack at a home in Kearney and went on to live with his adoptive father in Smithville, but died in April. He was 20.

 A jury in Clay County indicted Tannery on Tuesday on second-degree murder charges, alleging that the assault led to Pittsenbarger’s death some two decades later. Prosecutors said at the time of the initial assault that Tannery attacked the boy because he would not stop crying, prompting him to pick up Pittsenbarger and throw him to the ground.

 The infant was rushed to a hospital, where doctors didn’t expect him to survive his injuries, including multiple rib fractures, a fractured vertebra, subdural bleeding and head wounds consistent with shaken baby syndrome.

 But the boy did survive, although he suffered severe brain damage that lasted his entire life. He was later adopted by Wendell H. Pittsenbarger and took the man’s last name, the Star reported.

 “I love that boy and still miss him dearly,” Pittsenbarger told the newspaper. “I think about him all of the time.”

 Dominick Pittsenbarger used a wheelchair throughout his childhood and high school years. He graduated from Smithville High School last year and spent countless hours playing basketball on a hoop at his home after falling in love with the sport as a teenager, his father said.

 Tannery, meanwhile, is expected to return to court on Friday. He remains in custody on $500,000 bond, court records show. ||||| A Clay County grand jury has indicted a 39-year-old man on a second-degree murder charge for an assault on a six-week-old baby in 1998 that led to the victim’s death 20 years later.

 Olin Shane Tannery of Excelsior Springs had pleaded guilty in August 1999 to attempted first-degree assault for shaking and squeezing Dominick J. Pittsenbarger when he was six weeks old.

 Tannery, who is identified in court documents as Pittsenbarger’s father, was sentenced to 13 years in prison on those charges. He was released from prison in 2007.

 Pittsenbarger survived the attack and grew up in Smithville, but died on April 13. He was 20.

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 In the indictment issued Tuesday, prosecutors allege that Tannery assaulted Pittsenbarger on Feb. 19, 1998.

 In 1998 Clay County prosecutors accused Tannery of attacking the child because he could not get him to be quiet. Tannery picked up the baby, squeezed, shook him and then threw him down. The incident occurred in a home in Kearney.

 Pittsenbarger was taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital, where he was diagnosed with multiple rib fractures, a compression fracture of a vertebra, a series of head injuries that were consistent with shaken baby syndrome, and subdural bleeding.

 At the time, doctors at Children’s Mercy did not predict the infant was likely to survive. However, Pittsenbarger lived to adulthood, though he suffered severe, permanent brain damage.

 The boy was adopted by Wendell H. Pittsenbarger and took his last name.

 Through adolescence and into high school, Dominick Pittsenbarger used a wheelchair. When he was a middle school, a coach taught him how to shoot a basketball.

 The teenager fell in love with the sport and spent countless hours shooting baskets on a goal at their home, Wendell Pittsenbarger said. He graduated from Smithville High School in 2017.

 “I love that boy and still miss him dearly,” the adoptive father said. “I think about him all of the time.”

 Tannery is being held in custody on a $500,000 bond on the second-degree murder charge and is scheduled to appear in court on Friday, according to court records.

 ||||| Dominick Jordan Pittsenbarger, 20, of Smithville, MO passed away April 13, 2018.

 He was born on January 8, 1998 in Kansas City, Missouri. Dominick grew up in Smithville and in 2017 he graduated from Smithville High School.

 Dominick enjoyed wheeling around the house in his wheelchair and shooting baskets. He loved playing with his noisy firetrucks and ambulances and watching Sesame Street. He especially enjoyed going to school, being around his school friends and being around his family and family friends.

 He was preceded in death by his mother Patricia Pittsenbarger and his grandfather Bob Pittsenbarger.

 Dominick is survived by his father Wendell Pittsenbarger; brother Brent Pittsenbarger both of the home; his grandmother Doris Pittsenbarger of Kansas City, MO; other relatives and many friends.

 Celebration of Life: 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 24th at the Smithville American Legion

 Donations may be made in his memory c/o his father Wendell Pisttenbarger.

 Arrangements, Hixson-Klein Funeral Home, Smithville

Summary: – Olin Shane Tannery spent years in prison for assaulting his infant son—and now the Missouri father might end up back behind bars after that son died two decades later. The Kansas City Star reports on the 39-year-old's indictment for second-degree murder, almost seven months after his 20-year-old son Dominick J. Pittsenbarger passed away. Per the New York Post, the Clay County jury that handed down the indictment Tuesday believes injuries from the February 1998 attack on baby Dominick—in which Tannery is said to have squeezed, shaken, and thrown the month-old infant to the ground in an effort to stop his crying—ultimately led to Dominick's death in April. Doctors didn't initially think the baby would survive the attack, but he did, although he was left with broken ribs, a fractured vertebra, bleeding on the brain, and other head injuries. He was left severely brain damaged and used a wheelchair for his entire life. Tannery pleaded guilty to a first-degree assault charge in 1999 and was sentenced to 13 years in prison; he was released in 2007. Meanwhile, Pittsenbarger, who graduated from high school in 2017, was adopted by his mom's husband, Wendell Pittsenbarger, and spent his time watching Sesame Street, shooting baskets, and hanging out with friends; his mother died before he did. "I love that boy and still miss him dearly," Wendell Pittsenbarger tells the Star. "I think about him all of the time." Tannery, due in court Friday, is being held on a $500,000 bond. (An Ohio boy shaken as a baby died 12 years later.)