RACINE - Racine
police have arrested a man who allegedly beat his 2-year-old son
severely enough to lead to the boy's death.
Police say the
40-year-old man and his 24-year-old girlfriend brought their
unconscious son to the hospital early Friday morning.
Doctors were unable
to revive the child, and he was pronounced dead two hours later.
An autopsy concluded
he died of blunt-force trauma injuries.
After interviewing
both parents, police arrested the man on a tentative charge of
first-degree reckless homicide. The woman was arrested on tentative
charges of possession of marijuana.
Police say Racine
County Human Services took custody of the woman's other three
children.
