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A Kentucky dad who allegedly punched his infant son in the head in frustration after losing a video game is now charged with murder in the child’s death.
The Louisville Metro Police Department says Trice, 26, was home alone Friday night with the infant and playing the video game and allegedly threw the control device after he lost, reportsWDRB,WLKYand theCourier Journal.
Trice then allegedly struck the 1-month old in the head, police say.
The father then called 911.
On Saturday the father was arrested on a charge of first-degree criminal abuse of a child, later upgraded to murder after the infant died.
He pleaded not guilty in court Monday to both charges, according to WLKY.
Anthony Trice.
“I’m mad,” the victim’s maternal grandmother, Tanjia Howlett, told WLKY. “I wouldn’t have ever thought this would happen to our family.”
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“We were talking about the clothes that he got and what he was about to get him and stuff,” Tunstill said. “Everything was fine.”
After Trice placed the 911 call, Howlett said he called the child’s mother.
An attorney who might speak on Trice’s behalf was not immediately identified.
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source: people.com
