Police say the boy’s stepfather, 38-year-old Abdulrahim Sulaiman, was charged with attempted murder and other crimes following a domestic violence incident last Wednesday. He is accused of using a baseball bat to beat his 33-year-old wife, Jathan and the boy’s 4-year-old brother, Eli Escobar.
Prosecutors claim Jathan has a close to 0% chance of survival, but his family is still holding out hope. They describe the 6-year-old as a beautiful soul despite being surrounded by violence.
“He was always so happy, and he just enjoyed life altogether, no matter what was going on. He was always so happy with everybody,” Heron said. “It just hurts us to see that he had to go through such violence.”
The family is looking to transfer the 6-year-old to another hospital for long-term care.
Sulaiman is being held on a $10 million bond. His wife told police he had been smoking PCP recently and was violent.
The family says the mother only knew Sulaiman for a year and has been married to him for a couple of months.
“I knew he was hitting her because she told me, and I knew he threatened to kill her and the kids,” said Sandra Escobar, Jathan’s aunt.
Family praying for miracle after 6-year-old allegedly beaten by stepfather declared brain dead
The suspect is accused of beating his wife and her two children, ages 6 and 4, with a baseball bat.
The family will be taking the boy off of life support in the next couple of days.
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