Four Year Old Boy Beaten to Death

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LOUISVILLE (GaeaTimes.com) — The boy was in critical condition when he was hospitalized and finally succumbed to his injuries on Friday. He was admitted at the Kosair Children’s Hospital.

As reported by the LMPD police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley, James “Tony” Hack died Dec. 17, two days after he was hospitalized. Police say his mother’s boyfriend, 29-year-old Johnny Juliot, beat the child.

LMPD spokeswoman Officer Carey Klain,

There is nothing that a four-year-old could do to deserve any type of assault, this is horrible

A man named Juliot who happens to be James’ mother Tara’s boyfriend admitted to have committed the crime. Previously, Juliot was accused of beating and choking his ex-girlfriend in October. Juliot remains jailed at Metro Corrections. He was originally charged with criminal abuse, but has now been charged with murder.