The house where the three-month-old boy was beaten leading to death. — Photo vtc.vn

BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU — A 19-year-old man on Friday was arrested by the Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Police in relations to the death of a three-month-old baby boy.

The man is Nguyễn Minh Phụng who lives in Long Điền Town.

The child is known as called Bo.

Initial investigations show that Bo is son of Trịnh Hoàng Bảo L., 15, and a man named T.

Last October, when L. was pregnant Bo, T. was arrested and is in prison for illegally storing narcotics.

Around the beginning of May this year, Phụng brought L. to his home to live together, but did not register for temporary residence for L.

L. gave birth to Bo on May 20.

On June 24, Bo had his left arm broken so L. took him to the Bà Rịa Hospital for treatment.

On July 14, L. took Bo to the hospital to check his left arm and doctors discovered that Bo had his left femur broken.

The Bà Rịa Hospital on July 17 moved Bo to the HCM City Children Hospital No 2 for further treatment. He was diagnosed with broken left femur, acute kidney injury, blood sepsis and severe malnutrition.

Bo was discharged from the hospital on July 31 in stable condition.

Around 11am on Tuesday, L. and Phụng had a conflict at Phụng's house.

Because Bo cried constantly, Phụng angrily hit the child’s forehead and shook the baby with his hands.

Seeing that the baby fainted, L. and Phụng took him to the Bà Rịa Hospital for emergency treatment.

However, the hospital confirmed that Bo had died before.

The Long Điền District Police received information about the case the following day.

A post-mortem showed that the baby died from traumatic brain injury and many other injuries scattered all over his body. He also had a broken left arm, left femur and bruises on his scalp.

Phụng admitted to the police that he had had violent action to the baby.

Phụng had just finished serving a prison sentence related to drugs. — VNS