http://www.azfamily.com/story/37560...-year-sentence-for-babys-death?autostart=trueFeb 21, 2018
A western Arizona man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing a 15-month-old boy in October 2014.
The Mohave Valley Daily News reports 23-year-old Tyler James Kirkpatrick was sentenced Tuesday after he entered an Alford plea last month to second-degree murder.
Authorities say the Fort Mohave resident killed Kade, the son of his girlfriend. The child was left in his care while the mother was working.
Authorities say the mother returned to find the child with severe bruises. The boy was taken to a hospital where he died two days later.
The medical examiner determined the boy died from blunt force trauma to the head.
http://www.azfamily.com/story/28400424/mohave-county-man-arrested-in-death-of-girlfriends-sonMar 11, 2015
Mohave County sheriff's detectives have arrested a 20-year-old man following the death of his girlfriend's 15-month-old son in October.
Kirkpatrick was located Wednesday morning at the home he shares with Kade's mother. He briefly locked himself inside his bedroom and would not come out for detectives, according to a sheriff's office spokeswoman.
Detectives were ultimately able to talk Kirkpatrick out of the room and he was transported to the Mohave County Jail.
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