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Murder charges filed in Edmond toddler's death

By Associated Press
Published: 10/30/2009 2:28 PM
Last Modified: 10/30/2009 2:28 PM

OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma City man has been charged with first-degree murder in the beating death of a 2-year-old boy in Edmond.

Oklahoma County prosecutors on Thursday charged 24-year-old Rico Antwoine Berry in the Oct. 13 death of Jolen Babakhani.

Edmond police say Berry was baby-sitting the toddler while the child's mother was at school. When the woman returned home, the boy wasn't breathing. He died later at an Oklahoma City hospital.

According to a police affidavit, Berry gave conflicting stories to investigators, but acknowledged throwing the child down and punching him in the forehead.

Court records do not indicate if Berry has retained an attorney. By Associated Press

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	Report Comment Few Clothes, America (10/31/2009 12:29:32 PM) My question is why are there so many people who are so desperate of not being alone?
	Report Comment the original Ace, Tulsa (10/30/2009 2:52:56 PM) Another sad case of the mother's boyfriend killing her baby. Single mothers need to realize that the vast majority of the babies that die from Shaken Baby Syndrome or some other violent death come at the hands of their "boyfriends." It is the mothers #1 life responsible to ensure the safety and welfare of her baby.
	Report Comment FUTURE WORLD, Tulsa (11/4/2009 12:15:23 AM) One thing for certain he had no heart, no love, no compassion. And neither did the poor child mother.
	Report Comment okierose, Tulsa County (10/30/2009 2:35:47 PM) but acknowledged throwing the child down and punching him in the forehead. Berry, hopefully, gets to spend the rest of his life in jail for being a bully.
	Report Comment FaithnHim, Crested Butte, (10/30/2009 2:36:25 PM) Devil.
	Report Comment aint missbehavin, .. (11/4/2009 12:11:17 AM) Im sick of this,they need to arrest the mother also,bet he didnt even know this man that did this.She probably didnt either,just a babysitter and someone to come home to at night and rub her feet.Prosecute the woman folk in these cases and then they might be able to take proper care of their children...bet he was a hoodlum.
	Report Comment snowwhite04, (10/30/2009 3:15:39 PM) wish we could shake him and throw him through a wall
	Report Comment anarchynation, (11/2/2009 1:56:19 PM) dont give this guy an easy way out by death penalty please!! put him in prison and let him get brutally pooper stretched every day for the rest of his natural born life!!!!!

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