Louisville, Ky. (WHAS11) - The man accused of killing his 7-and-a-half-week-old son was given a $1 million bond.
Robert Long appeared in court Friday and was charged with murder in his son's death.
The baby was found Wednesday, dead inside an SUV.
The story brings back a lot of bad memories for one woman WHAS11 News spoke to about Long.
WHAS11's Anna Prendergast spoke to the great aunt of Long's first son, who he was convicted of killing in 1992.
For Linda Hite, hearing about Robert Long facing a murder charge for the death of his infant son, Lavion Gamble, is eerily common.
Linda Hite's niece, Dionne, had a baby boy with Robert Long back in 1991.
Five weeks after the birth the little baby was dead. Robert Long was convicted of murdering his son and sentenced to 35 years in prison.
“That was good maybe not long enough, but good that he did get time for the crime,” says Linda Hite.
But Robert Long didn't serve 35 years; he was released early in 2007.
Linda Hite says her family didn't know Long had got out until they saw him on the news Wednesday and saw the horrible outcome when police found Long's baby dead in an SUV.
Long told police that in the most recent death of his baby, he was sleeping with his son, woke-up on top of the baby and the baby wasn't breathing.
Linda Hite says back in 1991 Long told police he accidentally dropped her nephew down the stairs.
Long, her nephew and the baby’s mom were living at Hite's house at the time of the murder. She wasn't home when it happened but showed up shortly after.
“There was blood going down the steps and in my sons bed there was bunk beds…he had dropped the baby from the top of the bed onto the floor,” says Hite.
Robert Long was able to get of prison early after the murder of his first son.
The law at the time allowed inmates to be paroled after serving 50% or 12 years of their sentence.
The law has since been changed to 85% of a person's sentence or 20 years, whichever comes first.
