A man from Florida was accused of fatally beating a 2-year-old boy
A Florida man is accused of fatally beating a 2-year-old boy after the child urinated on a couch, authorities said. Alegra Damiah Jones, 30, of Winter Haven, was charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, The Ledger of Lakeland reported. He was being held without bail at the Polk County Jail; According to the Lakeland Police Department, Jones said he became angry with the boy Thursday night and struck the child several times; Jones admitted to hitting, throwing, and squeezing the boy until the child lost consciousness, the Ledger reported.
Lakeland Police officials say Alegray Damiah Jones, 30, Winter Haven, admitted to hitting, throwing, and squeezing the two-year-old boy until he passed out late Thursday night. According to a police report, Jones, realizing the child was unresponsive, texted the boy’s mother instead of calling 911; Jones began texting the woman at 11 p.m. while she was at work. According to police, the woman called Jones via FaceTime after opening the text shortly after midnight on Friday,
The woman left work and came home, calling 911 after she arrived, the newspaper reported. The boy was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy was performed later in the day, and the boy’s death was ruled a homicide by multiple blunt force trauma injuries.
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