A man who was arrested after his 3-year-old son died Friday told police that he repeatedly beat the child with a belt that morning, according to police documents.
Michael Holly, 20, was charged with injury to a child after he admitted to "whooping" his son Friday morning before the boy died, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit. The Dallas County medical examiner's office identified the boy as Cameron Tennin.
Dallas child abuse detectives were called about 11:45 a.m. Friday to the Dallas Regional Medical Center in Mesquite, where doctors advised them that Cameron had injuries consistent with child abuse, the affidavit stated.
Cameron had a large burn on his left arm as well as cuts, scrapes and bruises on his back, buttocks and torso, according to the affidavit. He also had abrasions on his lips.
A witness told police she saw Holly hit the child 20 times with a belt, causing him to fall and hit his head. Her relationship to Holly or the boy was not specified in the affidavit.
Holly, identified in the affidavit as Cameron's father, gave police multiple accounts of what happened that morning.
Man admitted 'whooping' 3-year-old son before the child died at Mesquite hospital, police say
A man who was arrested after his 3-year-old son died at a Mesquite hospital on Friday told police that he repeatedly beat the child with a belt...
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