Stover, MO –*Thomas Presley and his unidentified girlfriend are both in police custody after police say they attempted to conceal the beating death of the woman’s toddler by staging a hit and run accident. Presley apparently told authorities*he had stopped his vehicle along Highway 135 for a bathroom break early Thursday morning, when the toddler, identified as 3-year-old Blake Litton, darted into the road and was hit by a car. Presley claimed the car fled the scene. Blake’s death was initially reported as a hit and run, but after further investigation, authorities essentially called bullsh*it on the man’s story.*No skid marks were discovered at the scene, police say, and Blake’s injuries, which included violent trauma to the head and torso area, weren’t consistent with a car accident. “We have determined the child was assaulted at a home in Stover, resulting in his death,” said*Morgan County Sheriff Jim Petty. Sheriff Petty also has reason to believe*Presley told the child’s mother what really happened to her little boy, and she was fully aware of the staged*hit and run, but played along “to keep him out of jail.” Presley, 21, is being held at the Morgan County Jail pending formal charges of second-degree murder. And mom? Well, in addition to the charges she will likely face in the death of her son, she will also be charged with endangering the welfare of a child in connection to the physical condition of her 2-year-old daughter. I will update this story when more information becomes available. Thanks, Val.
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