A Houston father has been charged with murder after his 2 year old son died, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
Antonio was taken into custody after he told deputies he lost his temper while potty training his son and hit him, authorities said. He was first charged with injury to a child. The charge was upgraded to murder after the toddler died at a hospital on July 25.
KHOU 11 reported that Antonio first told deputies he and his son were attacked by a stranger while on a walk. Investigators said he later admitted he hit the boy in the chest “too hard.” The child’s mother told deputies she heard multiple slaps from another room that turned into harder blows, and that she found her son unresponsive when she went to check, according to the report.
Antonio is being held on a $250,000 bond. The charge is an allegation and the case is pending.
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