Couple Charged in Death of Boy, 2 1/2
A 19-year-old Long Beach woman and her boyfriend were charged Tuesday with felonies stemming from the death of her 2 1/2-year-old son, who suffered severe head injuries and several broken bones.
The child was rushed to Memorial Medical Center of Long Beach on Saturday after paramedics were summoned and found that his heart had stopped.
Long Beach Police Officer Sheila Cannan said the boy was “the victim of obvious child abuse,” having “numerous scars, welts and marks appearing to be caused by belts.”
The boyfriend, Mario King, 21, was charged with murder and child abuse and the mother, Pia Wright, with one count of child abuse.
Wright’s three other children--the dead child’s twin brother, a 16-month-old boy and a 2-week-old girl--were placed in foster homes, police said.
Wright was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail and King $500,000.
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