Typical example of the way the media erases father custody/visitation "rights" from a child abuse story. Clearly the "girlfriend" is not the mother, or she would have been identified as the mother. Ergo, the mother is elsewhere. So it is obvious that this violent, video-addicted POS had some sort of child access--whether it was court-ordered or not is not specified. But that is also typical. Mustn't let the public know that the family courts either ordered this child into Daddy's "care" and/or pressured the mother into being "cooperative" and providing access "voluntarily."
Dad is identified as JAMES DEARMAN.
See the Killer Dads and Custody list for Florida.
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/man-charged-suffocating-son-against-couch?ref=yfp
Man charged with suffocating son against couch
By the Associated Press | January 3, 2016 | 2:55 AM EST
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old Florida boy is dead after his father pinned him against a couch while the man and his girlfriend played video games Christmas Eve.
Local media outlets report that 31-year-old James Dearman was charged Thursday with aggravated manslaughter of a child.
A Sarasota County Sheriff's Office report says Dearman and his live-in girlfriend told the victim and his 7-year-old brother to go to bed but the boys continue to run around. Dearman's girlfriend told deputies that the father eventually became angry and used his full body weight to pin his younger son to the couch.
The report says the couple eventually realized the child wasn't breathing, so Dearman called 911 and began performing CPR. The boy was later pronounced dead at Englewood Hospital.
Dearman was being held on $1 million bail.
Jail records didn't list an attorney.