POS PARENTS

[HairOfTheDog]

A 24-year-old Phoenix man beat his 2-year-old son to death with a belt while the child's mother failed to act before her child's death, police say. (HOTD: Mom came home after the beating and was told by a witness why the baby was lethargic and bruised, but didn't take the baby to the hospital or call for help.)

Darnell Alvarez, and Davieanna Blake, the child's parents, left their child to die instead of getting medical attention, fearing that Child Protective Services would be called if they took him to the hospital, according to court documents obtained by New Times.

Alvarez admitted to striking the boy twice with a belt in the morning for wetting the bed, and hit him twice again in the afternoon after defecating in his underwear.

"The child dropped to the floor and attempted to roll away," the probable-cause statement says. "Darnell continued to follow the child, striking him repeatedly as the child continued to follow the child, striking him repeatedly as the child continued to try to get away."

The boy wouldn't eat later, and according to the court documents, "Darnell stated he may have been heavy handed when disciplining the child."

Both Alvarez and Blake were booked into jail on charges of first-degree murder and child abuse. Alvarez's bond was set at $500,000, and Blake's was set at $250,000.
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Two years old and daddy beat the life out of him.

I hope that mom doesn't get let off the hook; how could she not have acted immediately to save her baby's life? 1^st degree murder is justified for both POS parents.