A man was arrested on a charge of assault after allegedly killing the
son of his fiancee because he did not clean his room, according to
police in Pennsylvania.
North Braddock police said that they have arrested 38-year-old Orlando
Williams, after slamming the 8-year-old son of his fiancee into the
floor for not cleaning his room.
Williams has been charged with one count of aggravated assault, one
count of endangering the welfare of a child and one count of homicide.
According to the police investigation, Williams had been drinking
alcoholic beverages on Sunday night, before he fell over a laundry
basket in the bedroom of JonMarquis Stepich.
He then grabbed the child and tried to slam him on the edge of his bed.
The boy slipped and fell to the ground. The next morning, the man and
his fiancee took the child to a hospital.
Doctors called the police because of the severity of the child’s
injuries, including a herniated brain stem. The boy died on Thursday, as
a result of his brain injury.