Promote Father Indicted on Upgraded Murder Charge for Allegedly Beating 4-Year-Old to Dying



A great jury indicted a guy for allegedly killing his 4-year-old promote boy, online records show. Alexander Charles Pino, 30, already faced a count of irritated child abuse, however the indictment on Thursday in Duval County, Florida upgraded his second-degree murder charge to first-degree murder for youthful James Reese Junior.’s death on April 21 from what investigators referred to as blunt pressure trauma.

Michelle Spiko, 38, can also be billed with wrongful death and child neglect.

A doctor testified inside a probable cause hearing in June the boy sustained physical abuse, and she or he opined this wiped out him, based on WJXT.

“He was hit with a belt and tossed inside a tub,” stated Dr. Rebecca Rodriguez Poe.

Detective Howard Saunders, charge investigator, testified that Reese’s sister stated she was using their brother when she heard loud banging in the bathroom alongside their room. The seem was in the bathtub, she apparently stated.

“She stated she heard James screaming,” Saunders stated. He testified under mix-examination the girl didn’t check this out firsthand.

“Through her words, In my opinion she shown what she believed he did, but she didn’t produce a firsthand witness account of seeing him throw her brother in to the bathtub,” he stated.

The victim’s mother Karissa Garcia told WJXT that they was without child custody of Reese or his three brothers and sisters after she endured domestic violence. Her brother Christopher Nastasi told The Florida Occasions-Union that government bodies “penalized” her since it was hard for her to escape the person who mistreated her. The Department of kids and Families place the kids with relatives. That ended with Reese dying brutally.

“These were family people that people had developed with, spent summer time occasions with,” stated Nastasi.

“I didn’t reach leave behind him,” Garcia stated of her boy, based on WJXT. “I miss him. I simply really wish i could have my baby back.”

She claimed to possess seen indicators when she last spoke to Reese on Zoom.

“I did notice he was crying,” she stated. “He really didn’t want to speak with me and that he were built with a lump along the side of his mind. They stated I couldn’t keep my children safe, so that they find yourself removing them and placing them in some places, then this is exactly what happens. You set them elsewhere, and today my boy is finished.”

I talk to Garcia about something alarming she observed about Reese throughout their final virtual visit. Garcia states she documented/reported her observations. 72 hours later Reese was introduced towards the ER. Six days later he died in the mother’s arms. Garcia’s story at 10. @wjxt4 pic.twitter.com/YjIuUt3Z3N

— Zachery Lashway (@ZachLashway) May 16, 2021

Prosecutors still need to determine if they’ll ask for the dying penalty. Reese’s mother wants Pino to reside his existence in prison rather of facing capital punishment.

“I don’t want him to complete the dying penalty,” Garcia told WJXT. “I want him to stay in prison throughout his existence.”

Pino and Spiko have pleaded not liable to charges.

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