KARMARI J. CURTIS - 2 yo - Milwaukee WI

MILWAUKEE -- An arrest has been made in the death of a 2-year-old boy
brought to the hospital on Saturday April 2nd.
The man in custody is the mother's boyfriend, and police said it's not
the first time the suspect is accused of abusing the child.Officers
went to an apartment building near 22nd Street and Wisconsin Avenue on
Saturday, after the 26-year-old man living there took his girlfriend's
2-year-old son to the hospital.Police said the toddler was pronounced dead at 6:27 p.m.
The boyfriend was arrested shortly after.Monday,
no one was at the boyfriend's apartment, where police said the abuse
happened, but a neighbor told 12 News there was nothing suspicious
Saturday night. "I didn't hear anything," said Rosie Ballard, neighbor.
"I was in bed when the police came."12News obtained court documents
showing the boyfriend, 26-year-old Cory Benson, was out on bail
for charges of child abuse and neglect.
Police said it was the same victim, and Benson ruptured the toddler's
liver at the same apartment while the child was in his care Oct. 25.
12 News also obtained the no-contact order filed against Benson.
His trial was set for this May.Neighbors
said the toddler and his mother did not live at the apartment but would
visit frequently. Neighbors didn't see anything unusual when they came
this weekend. "Friday night, I maybe heard a little noise, but
when I hear bumping or knocking something I pay no attention to it
because sometimes it happens," said Ballard.Police have not said
what the child's injuries are as officers continue to investigate, and
the department has put a non-disclosure on the medical examiner's
report. An autopsy was to be performed today.The Department of
Children and Families released a statement from Arlene Happach, the
director of the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare.It reads, "This
child's death is a tragedy, and our deepest sympathy is with his family
and others who loved him. We are investigating the role of the bureau in this case."

http://www.wisn.com/news/27427098/detail.html

Poster's note: This pathetic 'mother' kept taking her child to be beaten up by her beloved boyfriend even after he was waiting for his trial for beating him in October and has a No Contact Order. I'll be watching for charges to be filed against her. Obviously she should have been charged for not protecting her child the first time!

The child's name is Karmari J. Curtis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sI_6Mk0K0xQ&feature=player_embedded

According to our story, the dates do match the video title slide. Please provide secondary confirmation on the name of the victim.

Thank you plaidlined and welcome to the forum.

He was already under court order not to be around kids. The mother asked the boyfriend to babysit the child as he was awaiting trial for previous physical abuse of him. He lacerated the child's liver in October, which nearly killed him.

At the time of the child's death, Benson was charged with one count of physical abuse of a child and one count of child neglect. He was out of jail on $25,000 bail on the day Karmari died. A jury trial on the October charge, which carried maximum penalties of 46 years in prison and fines of up to $110,000 if convicted, had been set for May 9.

No charges have been filed against the mother yet.

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