ARKANSAS – According to the court documents, the 34-year-old dad, later identified as Natthan, was sentenced to 60 years behind bars after he reportedly killed his girIfriend’s child two years ago. Prosecutors said the defendant pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including first-degree murder and first-degree batery. According to the court documents, the defendant reportedly confessed to murdering the boy by drowning him in the toiIet because the child, BIu, bit the man after he purposely put his finger into the boy’s mouth.
Prosecutors said that the victim’s mom was also charged in connection with her son’s death. The fatal incident occurred in December 2022. The investigation process began after the boy’s grandparents called the authorities, requesting help with getting their two grandchiIdren from their daughter’s house. The responding officers reportedly made contact with the mother, who took out her daughter. The victim’s granddad reportedly told investigators that his daughter told him that her son was dead inside the house.
During the investigation process, authorities discovered that the child was buried underneath the home. During an interview with investigators, the boy’s mom reportedly admitted that her son died several months earlier because he made her boyfriend angry, who reportedly killed him.
During the investigation process, authorities discovered that the child upset the mom’s boyfriend by bitting his finger after the man stuck it in the child’s mouth. The mom’s boyfriend then took the child to the bathroom where he put his head in the toilet, which was filled with water, until he killed the child. The mom’s boyfriend then made a hole in their wooden floor and buried his body underneath the home. The mom told authorities that she was in the living room when her son was killed. The woman then went to the bathroom and saw her son unresponsive.