PRINCETON, W.Va. — A two-year-old boy died at Charleston hospital Friday and police charged his mother and her live-in boyfriend in connection with his death.
According to state police, the boy had suffered a number of injuries at the hands of John Powers, 46, of Green Valley, including burns and broken bones.
Power is charged with second-degree murder, death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian and child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury.
Troopers charged the boy’s mother, Candice Jones, 31, of Green Valley, with death of a child by parent, guardian or custodian and child neglect. She allegedly told police she saw Powers hurting her son but didn’t try to physically stop him.
A report in Saturday’s Bluefield Daily Telegraph details the alleged abuse contained in the criminal complaint filed by state police.
Powers and Jones are being held in the Southern Regional Jail on $500,000 bail each.