[candymosh]

Harris County man accused of beating girlfriend's 2-year-old son to death

by khou.com staff

khou.com

Posted on July 28, 2011 at 5:37 PM

HUMBLE, Texas – A 26-year-old man is facing murder charges in the death of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old boy.

Felony murder charges were filed against Charles Edward West on July 25, 2011.

According to investigators, an Humble police officer was called to Northeast Hospital in December 14, 2010, to investigate the death of a child.

When he arrived, the officer interviewed the boy’s mother, who said she lived with the baby and her boyfriend, Charles West, at their apartment.

The mother said she met West in August 2010 on a chat line and moved in with him a short time after meeting him in person.

She brought her son, Joshua Williams, with her.

On December 14, the mother said West had come home from work to check on her and Joshua.

She said she was washing dishes, and the baby was in a back bedroom.

The mother told the officer that West had gone back into the bedroom, and a short while later, he’d come out with a scared look on his face, saying he hit Joshua too hard in the chest.

The mother said West told her the child was acting "funny," but he didn’t want her to tell anyone, because he didn’t want to go to jail.

The mother said when she rushed to the bedroom, she found Joshua lying in a chair "all weak."

She said she picked him up, but he didn’t respond, so she put him in the tub and ran water over him in a bid to revive him.

When that didn’t work, she said she brought him into the kitchen and tried to perform CPR.

At that point, the mother said West called his mom, who advised them to call 911.

Paramedics arrived and took the boy to the hospital, but he did not survive.

According to court documents, the mother told police that West had hit Joshua in the chest before, either out of anger or when they were playing.

She said she’d seen West hit the boy with a belt in the past, and on more than one occasion when she’d left the boy with West to go shopping, she said she returned home to find Joshua with bleeding wounds.

One time, she said she found blood on the carpet. She said West told her he’d "whooped" Joshua too hard.

An autopsy conducted on Joshua’s body found that he had 29 contusions on his torso and 27 rib fractures at the time of his death.

The fractures appeared to be fresh.

The autopsy also found a laceration to the boy’s liver, which had caused internal bleeding, and other areas of blunt force trauma to the head and body.

The autopsy determined the manner of death to be homicide, and the cause of death was multiple incidents of blunt force trauma.

West was arrested on July 27 and was being held on $100,000 bond.

[candymosh]

what the fuck

[Eaton]

I don't have words for this..

[Nite]

two fucking years old

[nihilissimo]

Is Texas, he's going to get executed, but still what a despeckable piece of shit. Kid had entire life to be ahead of. Do people think less of a baby because is small and cannot speak tongue?

[Flaka]

Disgusting. How could that bitch let that bastard hit her child? Meet a fucking guy off the web and move in with him THAT fucking fast? That whore should be put away too. I'll be damned some motherfucker lands a hand on my kids..

[Zodiak]

Jesus how can someone do this kindve stuff. There's a special place in hell for these kinda scag bastards.
Bring back the chair for this bastard.

[Zodiak]

Jesus how can someone do this kindve stuff. There's a special place in hell for these kinda scag bastards.
Bring back the chair for this bastard.

[kandystar]

[Quiet]

What a fucking bitch the mothers a stupid cunt too there were obvious signs the kid was being abused. She was probably one of those stupid retards who knew their kid was being beaten but didnt leave the guy because she was "in love".