Dad CURTIS LEE MORRIS, JR. has been charged with 2nd-degree murder in the death of his 16-month-old son. The child died of blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
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Germantown man charged in death of 16-month-old son
By Associated Press
12:38 PM CST, November 17, 2009
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Germantown man has been charged in the death of his 16-month-old child.
According to Germantown Police, officers responded to a home on Saturday evening and found the child unconscious. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Shelby County Medical Examiner concluded that the child died as a result of blunt force trauma to his abdomen, which caused internal bleeding and organ damage.
The child's father, 27-year-old Curtis Lee Morris Jr., was charged with second degree murder and was being held Tuesday in jail on a $300,000 bond.