(CNN) -- A 17-year-old Louisiana man faces first-degree murder and aggravated rape charges in the beating death of his girlfriend's 8-month-old son, police said.Authorities responding to a call of an unresponsive infant Saturday found the body of 8-month-old Da-Von Lonzo in an apartment near Gretna, Louisiana, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
The baby was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The medical examiner ruled the boy's death a homicide, noting that his body had multiple fractures consistent with being beaten. The child also had tears in his rectum, police said.
In an interview, the teen, Arnold T. Ross, initially told authorities Da-Von fell down the stairs and stopped breathing while he was baby-sitting him. But a neighbor reported hearing loud noises coming from the apartment, and investigators noted inconsistencies in Ross's statement, according to the sheriff's office.
Ross later admitted that Da-Von began to cry while he was watching him, police said, and "confessed to beating the infant repeatedly. According to Ross, the child began to defecate on himself. Ross claims he placed his fingers inside the infant's rectum in an attempt to clean up the child."
Under Louisiana law, a 17-year-old can be charged as an adult, according to Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office.
The New Orleans Times-Picayune reported Sunday that people charged with first-degree murder cannot receive a bond.
Ross has a lengthy criminal history, police said, including arrests on drug possession charges; obscenity; battery on a correctional officer; three counts of battery on a school teacher; theft; weapons charges; and assault.
It was unclear Sunday if Ross had been convicted of any of those charges.
5 comments:
Why is there so much child abuse in the state of Louisiana?
Whith such a violent background whats a person to expect. A thug is a thug, this one happens to be a child molester to at such a young age.
Women want a thug, they get a thug. Dress them up any way you want and they are still a thug.
Put him where he belongs, in hell. Send him off with a big bang, the same way he killed. Time for him to be raped, and beat over and over again, for eternity.
On what continent was this animal raised? Who damaged the 17 yr old so much that he even had the thought to stick his FINGERS in a baby's rectum? What is this about 'cleaning up the child'? Is this something that is done in Louisiana to make infants empty their bowels? How old was Da-Von's mother and did she follow her gut when leaving her child with her boyfriend who has such a lengthy criminal record? I know these are all questions, but the poor baby didn't seem to have a chance, starting out with a mother who would leave him with someone like Arnold Ross. I don't know how his own mother can live with herself for raising a monster.
This young man needs to get the death penalty. Too bad they can't skip the trial to save tax payers a lot of money. He doesn't deserve to breath the same air as normal people. He is a monster and deserves to be treated as such. Get rid of him!!
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