Tortured boy, 2, died with bleeding eyes ‘after his mother’s monster boyfriend sat on top of him’
The child was allegedly being punished for stealing a phone
A TORTURED two-year-old died with bleeding eyes after his mother’s monster boyfriend allegedly sat on top of him.
Larry Murphy, 31, was arrested on Friday in Iowa charged with murdering Oakland Oburu.
Authorities say Murphy, who reportedly weighs 11 stones, sat on the child for "about 20 seconds" until blood vessels burst in the boy's eyes.
Murphy and the boy’s mother, who has not been named, has been living with Oburu and his brother at a motel for past six weeks, according to the .
According to police, Murphy took it upon himself to discipline the child because his mother has cerebral palsy.
Oburu reportedly took Murphy’s cellphone on Friday morning, so he alleged punished the child by sitting on him on the motel bed.
PUNISHED FOR STEALING A PHONE
The criminal complaint reportedly read: “(The boy’s mother) said her son initially was moaning during this and then became quiet.”
“She assumed (Oburu) was going back to sleep as Larry covered him up with the bed comforter and left the room to pay their motel rent.”
The mother reportedly said she could hear her son wheezing, but was unable to check on him because of her disability.
Murphy returned 20 minutes later and found the boy unresponsive, according to court records.
He called his sister and the two headed for a hospital, but stopped at a convenience store along the way and called 911.
Medical responders met Murphy and his sister at the store, but was pronounced dead at hospital.
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Doctors notes suggest the victims had no obvious trauma but did have hemorhages in both eyes.
Murphy was arrested and taken to Pottawattamie County Jail.
It is unclear when he is due in court.
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