There's new information in a six-month-long investigation surrounding the brutal homicide of a 3-year-old in Orange County. KristieKNews reports.
With his head hung low, 23-year-old Gionni Sellers, of Middletown, listened to the charges being brought against him on Tuesday. He's accused of killing 3-year-old Xavier Johnson, his girlfriend's son.
"That day at the hospital, it was very clear to everyone involved that Xavier Johnson died an extremely terrible death and a savage death," Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler said. Hoovler is talking about the morning of June 2, 2022, when Xavier was found unresponsive and not breathing in his race car bed in his mom's living room, with what officials describe as catastrophic injuries across his 30-pound body, especially his head, neck and torso. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.He's charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. If convicted, he could face 25 years to life behind bars.
On the day before Xavier's death, he searched"baby breathing heavy after being shook" and"what to do if you shake baby too much."CBS2's Kristie Keleshian tried talking to the family as they walked out of the courthouse, but they made no comment.The 3-year-old's family members were in the courtroom sobbing as they heard just how serious these injuries were. One even left the room as they described what Sellers was looking up online just before the boy's death.
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