A barber in California was arrested and charge According to police, he beat a 6-year-old child with torture and murder.
The Orange County District Attorney’s Office said Ernest Lamar Love was entrusted with the care of a child at his barber shop, but he beat her to death with a piece of 2×4 wood.
‘Words do not exist to describe the absolute terror this little boy was forced to endure.’
The boy was dropped off by his mother at a barber shop in the city of Placentia while she worked at the hospital on Tuesday.
Later that evening, at about 1:30 p.m., Love brought the boy to the hospital with serious injuries.
Police said surveillance video showed Love hitting the child so hard that he was missing chunks of his buttocks.
Hospital officials said the child had “raw” and “gaping” wounds and was suffering from a subdural hematoma and severe brain swelling. They said the child suffered injuries consistent with violent shaking.
Police said the suspect poured hydrogen peroxide on the child’s wounds and then forced him to perform exercises including push-ups, sit-ups and jumping jacks.
“Words do not exist to describe the sheer terror this little boy was forced to endure – all at the hands of someone who was supposed to protect him, not torture him to death. Now we as prosecutors stand for a chance at justice. And we will do everything possible to be his protector in death that he failed to be in life,” read a statement from Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.
Prem was charged with murder, torture and child abuse causing death. He faces up to 32 years in prison if convicted.
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