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TX Mother Boyfriend Arrested In Beating Burning Death Of 2-Year-Old

A pair of TX caretakers are in custody and charged with aggravated assault injury to a child after a 2-year-old boy died over the weekend.

Lynette Monique Gasper and Rajfik Dominique Keating, of Houston, Texas, are charged in the death of their 2-year-old boy who suffered from multiple injuries after being hit, struck with a belt and burned with a hot object.

Firefighters were called to an apartment complex on Creek Bend Drive around 10 p.m. Saturday. The child, who was found unresponsive, was taken to Southwest Memorial Hermann Hospital with CPR in progress. Officials said the boy appeared to have suffered multiple injuries.

h/t abc7news

The child’s mother, Gasper-Washington, and the boyfriend, Keating, have been charged with aggravated assault injury to a child.

Bond for each was set at $500,000.

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