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Luca Sholey, a 17-month-old boy was bludgeoned to death by his mother’s boyfriend. David Earl Vickers then stole her car stereo as well as laptop and pawned them as the toddler battled for life at a hospital, the Miami Herald is reporting.
An autopsy revealed that Luca had died from blunt force trauma to the brain. The coroner’s findings also showed that at the time of the 17-month-old boy’s death, he had suffered six broken ribs. The Florida man has since been charged with second-degree murder and is being without bond at a county jail
Vickers had called 911 claiming that he found the toddler unconscious and not breathing. The young child was rushed to a nearby hospital before being airlifted to John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. Two days later he was declared dead.