Dad gets 20 years for beating death of 4-year-old son (Hiawatha, Kansas)

Was LEE DAVIS IV a custodial father? Notice there is no mention of the mother, just a vague reference to "a woman who lived with Davis at the time of the killing." What happened to Mom? Who gave this convicted killer access to this little boy?

http://www.kfdi.com/news/local/213608311.html

Kansas father sentenced for killing son

By Associated Press
CREATED Jun. 28, 2013

HIAWATHA, Kan. (AP) A northeast Kansas man has been given the maximum sentence for the beating death of his 4-year-old son.

KNZA-FM reports 27-year-old Lee Davis IV, of Hiawatha, was sentenced Friday to nearly 20 years in prison.

Davis was initially charged with first-degree murder but pleaded no contest in April to second-degree murder and felony child abuse.

The son, who has been identified only by a set of initials, died March 5 at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.

The sentence imposed by Brown County District Judge Jim Patton requires Davis to register as a violent offender for 15 years after completing his prison term.

A woman who lived with Davis at the time of the killing faces a September hearing on multiple charges, including aiding and abetting second-degree murder.