FOX 5 NewsBREAKING NEWS: Police Arrest Accused Child Killer
Wednesday September 23, 2009 9:09 pm PDT
LAS VEGAS -- Police have arrested a Las Vegas man they have been searching for in connection with the beating death of a toddler.
Jocquise Coleman, 18, was charged on Wednesday with child abuse with substantial bodily harm and murder by child abuse.
Coleman was babysitting his girlfriend's son while she was at work when the incident occurred, police said.
Coleman is scheduled to have a court appearance on Friday.
No details were released as to where or how Coleman was apprehended. Police had earlier said they thought Coleman might be hiding in Los Angeles.
Brittany Terry said she left her son, 16-month-old Lamaj Terry, with Coleman several times over the past month.
On Sept. 16, Terry called 911 after Coleman said the boy was throwing up oatmeal from his nose. When she rushed home, Coleman was gone, but other women in the house said the boy’s lips had turned blue and they saw bruises on his head.
The child was pronounced brain dead at Sunrise Hospital and taken off life support a short time later. In a police report, a doctor said the boy suffered from “definite physical abuse.”
“These are deaths that are preventable. It’s a caregiver and parent’s responsibility to understand when those stresses of life are unbearable,” said Metro police Lt. Ray Steiber.
Coleman called Terry after the child was taken to the hospital, and although he promised to meet her, he never showed. Police said a detective also called Coleman’s phone, but he did not answer.
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