Police: Man tortured 4-year-old to death for wetting his pants

[sunny_j]

CNN) -- A Michigan man could face life in prison after he allegedly tortured and ultimately killed his girlfriend's 4-year-old son last week for wetting his pants, prosecutors say.
Brandon Joshua-Frederick Hayes, 24, "systematically beat" Dominick Calhoun, 4, "pummeling [him] with fists and kicking him" on his arms, legs and genitalia, Genesee County prosecutor David Leyton told CNN.
Hayes also apparently burned the boy in the course of the torture. "The knuckles across one hand were charred," Argentine Township police chief Dan Allen said.
"I've been doing this a long time, and this is the worst case of child abuse I've ever seen," the police chief said. "In all respects, he was tortured."
Prosecutors arraigned Hayes on Thursday on nine charges, including one count of first-degree premeditated murder, one count of first-degree child abuse and one count of torture, which by itself carries a possible life sentence.
"Little Dominick met his boogeyman, and that was defendant Hayes," Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said at a news conference Thursday.
CNN was unable to reach someone who could speak on Hayes' behalf.
Hayes' motivation for his savage multiday attack on the boy was that the child "had wet his pants," Leyton said. "It had happened before."
Hayes also resented the child because his "biological father wouldn't pay child support," Leyton said.
Dominick's mother, Corrine Baker, was present for at least some of the beating and tried to shield the boy from Hayes' aggression, authorities said.
"She tried to lay on top of the child to guard the child against being beat any further, but she was beat in the process," according to the police chief.
The sequence of events that led to the discovery of the abuse began when Baker's sister and several acquaintances came to the apartment to buy drugs from Hayes, according to Allen. After seeing Dominick's condition, the sister alerted the boy's paternal grandfather, who in turn contacted authorities.
When emergency responders entered the apartment on the afternoon of April 11, Dominick was "barely alive." EMS transferred him to Hurley Hospital in Flint, where he was pronounced brain dead.
The boy was taken off life support the following morning.
Dominick's mother's whereabouts and actions through all portions of the torture session remain somewhat hazy. The county prosecutor said his office is "still investigating her involvement in all this."
"She's also culpable for putting him in the dangerous position in the first place," he added.
Baker was taken into custody on Sunday but released later. Attempts to reach her at her home Thursday evening were unsuccessful.
The town police chief said Baker and her son had been brought to the attention of Genesee County Department of Child Services on several occasions. The agency did not respond to CNN's requests for comment Thursday.
It was not immediately clear whether Baker's involvement with the child services agency predated her relationship with Hayes. The police chief said he believed Baker and Hayes had been together for about six months.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/15/...ex.html?hpt=T2

[HonestTea]

FUCKED UP SHIT.

[SumAznGuy]

You gotta love how the family members saw the kids condition and instead of telling the police, told the grandfather.

[StylinRed]

didnt something similar to this recently happen, for the exact same reasons down in the states?

[124Y]

If the dad killed the son accidentally out of rage.... it's fucked up.
If the dad TORTURED the son..... it's VERY fucked up.

[vafanculo]

Originally Posted by 124Y

If the dad killed the son accidentally out of rage.... it's fucked up.
If the dad TORTURED the son..... it's VERY fucked up.

Either way hel get wuts coming to him in prison
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[AutozamAZ-3]

I'm guessing both parents were drug users. Mother stayed with boyfriend for drugs to get high from boyfriend who trafficked and himself was a user. It really Is unfortunate for any child to have to be raised in any environment like this.
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[v.Rossi]

i still remember the incident about the 4 yo girl getting waterboarded... and now this. there are some really fucked up americans.

[elwell]

holy fuck, my parents werent this abusive

[1exotic]

guy needs to be shot by:

YouTube

[1exotic]

Originally Posted by elwell

holy fuck, my parents werent this abusive

That's too bad.

[Senna4ever]

Makes me stick to my stomach.

[.Dream.Time]

he needs to get sledgehammered by the other kid in russia

[sleazyho]

Too many fucked up people out there

[StylinRed]

most moms would turn Super Saiyan if they saw their kids getting beat/tortured... especially to the verge of death....

the mom should be partially at fault for loving that dick more than her kid

[AzNightmare]

sounds like a messed up family to begin with. Not surprised.

[geryfung]

Originally Posted by SumAznGuy

You gotta love how the family members saw the kids condition and instead of telling the police, told the grandfather.

They were buying drugs from Hayes so they probably didn't want direct contact with authorities.

[underscore]

This is almost the worst part of it:

Dominick's mother, Corrine Baker, was present for at least some of the beating and tried to shield the boy from Hayes' aggression, authorities said.
"She tried to lay on top of the child to guard the child against being beat any further, but she was beat in the process," according to the police chief.

From the sounds of it, she only protected him a little bit? and then got hit herself so bitched out and left the poor kid? What a fucking terrible mother.

This guy better get destroyed in prison.

[Munny]

Bit of an extreme method of potty training...

[akalic]

the asian version of this story would be 'man tortured 4 year old to death for getting a B+ in math'

[hotjoint]

wow thats messed up. You gotta wonder what goes on in their mind to be doing this type of shit

[Mugen EvOlutioN]

now tats fucked up