MIDDLETOWN — Denise Moreno was awakened Sunday night by a frightening phone call from her son Tony, who asked her to come to the Arrigoni Bridge. 
 
 She could hear her 7-month-old grandson, Aaden, crying. Tony told her to come collect a phone with pictures of the baby, and to "just tell everyone I'm sorry." 
 
 Denise Moreno got in the car with her other son, Aaron, and raced desperately to the bridge as she called 911, according to court records released Wednesday. Once on the bridge, they saw Tony standing alone near the railing, and within seconds two police officers arrived. 
 
 One of the officers shouted to Tony, telling him to stop, but he kept walking. He put both hands onto the bridge railing and hurled himself into the Connecticut River below. 
 
 The officers and Denise Moreno ran to a nearby stroller, but there was no sign of Aaden. In a hospital room interview after he regained consciousness Tuesday, Tony told police he had already thrown the baby from the bridge. 
 
 Moreno's plunge from the Arrigoni Bridge began a grim, two-day search that ended when a canoeist found the infant's body about a mile from the East Haddam Swing Bridge across the Connecticut River. 
 
 Tony Moreno, 21, was arraigned Wednesday in a bed at Hartford Hospital on charges of murder and murder with special circumstances, and in a separate but related case, on two counts of violation of a restraining order. 
 
 He is being held on suicide watch in a medical unit of the state Department of Correction with bail set at $2.1 million, police said. 
 
 Tony Moreno Middletown Police Department Tony Moreno, charged with the murder of his 7-month-old son. Tony Moreno, charged with the murder of his 7-month-old son. (Middletown Police Department) (Middletown Police Department) 
 
 Middletown police spokeswoman Lt. Heather Desmond said the murder with special circumstances charge is added when a victim is younger than 16. The two violation of a restraining order charges stem from a June 25 incident, Desmond said. 
 
 Middletown police officers applied for an arrest warrant for the violation of a restraining order charges on the day Adrianne Oyola, Aaden's mother, told police Moreno had violated a temporary restraining order by contacting her, Desmond said. The warrant applications were updated with additional information, Desmond said, and were signed by Judge Leo Diana on Monday as crews were searching the river. 
 
 "There was contact," Desmond said. "There was supposed to be no contact with the family or with Aaden." 
 
 An arrest warrant affidavit released Wednesday gives the first full account of the police investigation into the baby's disappearance. 
 
 'He's Dead' 
 
 According to the warrant, Oyola told police she argued with Moreno Sunday about when he was going to return Aaden. 
 
 The two had recently signed a 50-50 custody agreement on the advice of a family court judge who denied Oyola's application for a permanent restraining order on June 29. Oyola declined an interview request from The Courant on Wednesday. 
 
 According to the arrest warrant, Oyola and Moreno exchanged text messages just minutes before police say Moreno threw Aaden into the river. 
 
 In the text messages, Moreno indicated he would not be bringing Aaden back to Oyola. He wrote: "Enjoy your new life without us." Oyola pleaded with him not to take Aaden from her. 
 
 In chilling text messages that followed at 11:45 p.m., Oyola asked: "Where's Aaden?" 
 
 Moreno wrote back in two messages: "He's dead. 
 
 "And soon I will be too." 
 
 Oyola sent a series of frantic text messages back, but Moreno never answered. She sent the last of the messages to Moreno at about the same time police and his mother watched him disappear over the edge of the bridge. 
 
 Later, in the interview with police in the hospital, officers asked Moreno why he threw his child into the river. Moreno gave only a vague response. 
 
 Moreno and Oyola apparently had a strained relationship. Judge Edward Domnarski granted a temporary restraining order against Moreno on June 17 after Oyola wrote in an application that she feared for her child's and her own safety. She wrote that the two were happy but after she became pregnant "everything changed." 
 
 "He has told me he could make my son disappear any time of the day," she wrote. "He told me how he could make me disappear, told me how he could kill me. I sometimes am scared to sleep. He told me he would put me in the ground and put something on me to make me disintegrate faster." 
 
 Judge Barry C. Pinkus told Oyola and Moreno that their testimony at a June 29 hearing showed there was "chaos" in their relationship but that Moreno was not an "imminent" threat, transcripts obtained by The Courant indicate. 
 
 "I'm just not convinced that there's a continuous threat of present physical pain or physical injury," Pinkus said at the hearing. "I think the two of you don't have a good relationship." 
 
 With a temporary restraining order terminated, the judge advised the former couple to file a custody application that sorted out a parental rights agreement and child support for Aaden. 
 
 Advocates have questioned the decision by Pinkus to deny the permanent restraining order. 
 
 Karen Jarmoc, director of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, said Wednesday that her organization and other advocates have long been asking for increased domestic violence training for judges. 
 
 "What occurred in Middletown with this particular case is not outside of what we hear from victims and advocates across the state in other cases who are going through the judicial system for protection," Jarmoc said. 
 
 She said she is frustrated that judges often seem to need proof of actual violence and disregard "the threat of violence." 
 
 "It's the little things. It's about power and control and the little things abusers do to exert control," Jarmoc said. "She's saying that she's trying to walk away with the baby and he is physically blocking her. [Pinkus] is not viewing that as a credible threat when in fact that's a very serious circumstance." 
 
 Pinkus has declined to comment on his decision. 
 
 On Wednesday, Chief Court Administrator Patrick L. Carroll III issued a statement, saying: "While it would be inappropriate for me to comment directly on Judge Pinkus' ruling, I believe that it is representative of the difficult decisions that judges must make each and every day. These discretionary decisions are made after an assessment of the evidence that is presented and in accordance with applicable state law. Yet even with a deliberative process, it is impossible for judges to predict the future with certainty." ||||| MIDDLETOWN, Conn. (AP) — A man whose infant son was found dead in the Connecticut River admitted tossing the boy from a bridge before jumping into the water below, police said Wednesday. 
 
 CORRECTS AGE OF MORENO TO 21 FROM 22 AND CLARIFIES HE TOSSED 7-MONTH-OLD SON INSTEAD OF JUMPED WITH - This booking photo released Wednesday, July 8, 2015, by the Middletown, Conn., Police Department shows... (Associated Press) 
 
 Tony Moreno was charged with murder in the death of 7-month-old Aaden Moreno. 
 
 Moreno exchanged angry text messages with the infant's increasingly frantic mother in the minutes before he jumped Sunday near midnight, according to court filings. "Enjoy your new life without us," Moreno wrote before texting, "He's dead." 
 
 Moreno, 21, was arraigned at Hartford Hospital, where he was treated after firefighters rescued him. His bail was set at $2 million. Moreno's public defender did not immediately return a call seeking comment. 
 
 Police went to the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown on Sunday night after Moreno's mother called 911 to report that her son had called her from the bridge with his son and said he was going to jump. After officers arrived, they saw Moreno jump and found an empty baby stroller, but did not see the infant. 
 
 The body of Aaden Moreno was found Tuesday night near a bridge in East Haddam, south of where his father jumped, after an extensive search involving dive teams and helicopters. 
 
 Police said Moreno confessed on Monday after initially refusing to speak with a detective. But after the officer said police needed help finding the boy to give him a proper funeral, Moreno nodded yes when asked if he had dropped his son and started to cry, according to police documents. 
 
 The officer said he used a basketball analogy to ask how far the boy was thrown from the bridge's railing. 
 
 "Tony said that it was more like a free throw distance from the railing," the officer said. 
 
 The boy's mother, Adrianne Oyola, 19, filed for a restraining order last month against Moreno amid a bitter custody dispute. She said in the application that Moreno "has told me he could make my son disappear any time of the day. He told me how he could me disappear." 
 
 Superior Court Judge Barry Pinkus denied the request for a permanent restraining order, saying at a hearing on June 29 that the couple had a chaotic relationship but he was not convinced there was a "continuous threat" of physical injury. 
 
 Chief Court Administrator Patrick L. Carroll III said he would not comment directly on Pinkus' ruling but noted it reflects the difficult decisions that judges must make each day. He said even with a thorough assessment of the evidence, "it is impossible for judges to predict the future with certainty." 
 
 Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other officials attended a community vigil for the baby in Middletown on Wednesday night. People lit candles outside the South Green gazebo, and left stuffed animals and balloons. 
 
 The Middletown Press reports that Aaden's aunt read a letter prepared by his mother which said, "I lost my son, but I gained a guardian angel." 
 
 Mayor Daniel Drew told the gathering at South Congregational Church, "It's beyond our ability to express the magnitude of this loss or even to understand it." ||||| A 22-year-old suicidal father who jumped into the Connecticut River in Middletown late Sunday night may have taken his 7-month-old son with him, and police are now searching for the little boy's body. (Published Monday, July 6, 2015) 
 
 Police are continuing to search for the body of a 7-month-old boy who they believe went into the Connecticut River when his suicidal father jumped off the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown late Sunday night. 
 
 The recovery mission resumed Tuesday morning, using boats, paddle boards and jet skies to search. 
 
 Police said the baby's father, Tony Moreno, 22, of Middletown, called someone threatening suicide before jumping into the river around 11:45 p.m. Sunday. That person dialed 911 and told officers Moreno's baby boy, Aaden, was crying in the background. 
 
 Officers rushed to the scene and saw Moreno jump. Middletown firefighters pulled him to shore and a LifeStar medical helicopter airlifted Moreno to the hospital, where he was initially listed in serious condition. Police said he was alert and conscious in the hospital as of Tuesday morning. 
 
 Search for Baby Now a Recovery Mission 
 
 Hours after beginning to search for a 7-month-old baby whose 22-year-old suicidal father jumped from the Arrigoni Bridge into the Connecticut River in Middletown late Sunday night, police said the baby went into the water as well and this is now a recovery mission. (Published Monday, July 6, 2015) 
 
 Police did not see Aaden with his father and searched the water for nearly 24 hours before calling that initial operation off. 
 
 "I’m hoping against hope that somebody will find that poor child," Tom Moreno, a relative, said. 
 
 Officials said there are challenges to searching the river, which changes courses. 
 
 "It's very difficult. Visibility is very limited. You may have 1- or 2-foot visibility going in one direction you may have 0-visibility going in another direction," Middletown Fire Chief Robert Kronenberger said. "What you see on the surface, as far as a current, may not be what’s going on underneath. The current below the water could be a lot stronger than what’s on the surface." 
 
 State police issued a Silver Alert for the boy on Monday morning, but later said the chances of finding him alive are slim. 
 
 "The Middletown police department has been able to confirm that a 7-month-old listed as missing did enter the Connecticut River last night. The search for the 7-month-old boy is now classified as a recovery," Middletown police spokesman Lt. Heather Desmond said during a news conference Monday afternoon. 
 
 Moreno's condition, meanwhile, improved in the hospital. While he's conscious and alert, it's not clear if he told investigators what might have happened to his young son. 
 
 Police are still investigating but said they expect to file charges. 
 
 Community members gathered at the Middletown green on Monday evening to hold a candlelight vigil for Aaden and a Facebook group entitled "Help Find Aaden Moreno!!" has garnered the support of more than 1,500 people. 
 
 "Whatever condition he’s in. I hope he’s found and that the family can get peace within their hearts," Kiana Beamon, a family friend, said. 
 
 Aaden is 2 feet tall and weighs 23 pounds, according to the Silver Alert issued Monday. He was last seen wearing black pants and a black-and-white striped shirt with a picture of Mickey Mouse on the front. 
 
 "I’m praying for a miracle that Aaden will be found alive but also praying for the family and comfort for them however this tragedy turns out," Djuana Beamont, a family friend, said. 
 
 In Connecticut, police will issue a Silver Alert for any child who is missing, along with missing people over the age of 65 and any other missing people who might have a medical condition requiring treatment. 
 
 Connecticut State Police will issue an Amber Alert when there is an "absolute emergency" in which the life of a child is in danger. 
 
 Middletown police ask anyone with information on the baby's whereabouts to call the police department at 860-638-4000.
– Authorities resumed searching the Connecticut River today for a 7-month-old baby who they think went off a bridge with his suicidal father. The father—22-year-old Tony Moreno—survived the 120-foot plunge and was pulled from the water by firefighters Sunday night, reports NBC Connecticut. But there's still no sign of his son, Aaden. Meanwhile, the Hartford Courant reports that the boy's mother had sought a restraining order last month because she feared for her child's safety and her own. "He has told me he could make my son disappear any time of the day," wrote Adrianne Oyola about Moreno in court documents. "He told me how he could make me disappear, told me how he could kill me," she added, along with, "I feel that he is a danger to my child and me and would like to leave with my child and get full custody." A judge denied the restraining order after a hearing on June 29. Family members called police late Sunday because Moreno was threatening to kill himself and had the baby with him. He then jumped off the Arrigoni Bridge in Middletown. He remains hospitalized and is expected to face charges.