At approximately 8:25 p.m. last Sunday night, the New York State Police on Long Island logged a 911 call about a toddler in cardiac arrest. The boy, 17-month-old Roy Jones, was rushed from the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, N.Y. to Southampton Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 9:11 p.m.

According to authorities, the toddler had endured a savage beating. His tiny body had been repeatedly punched with closed fists and grabbed by the neck. By the time 911 had been called at dusk, he was already in cardiac arrest from the sheer brutality of the assault and it was too late to save his life.

Charged with manslaughter in the first degree and held without bail is the toddler's mother's live-in boyfriend, 20-year-old Pedro Jones, who was babysitting. The pair lived together on Shinnecock Nation tribal land, though Jones himself was not a member of the tribe. They were reportedly to marry, and Jones called the toddler "my baby," though Roy was not, in fact his baby.

"I was trying to make him act like a boy instead of a little girl," Jones explained. "I never struck that kid that hard before. A one-time mistake, and I am going to do 20 years."

He told troopers that the little boy had been too feminine and that he'd been trying to toughen Roy up by literally beating the life out of him.

"I'm sorry," he said "That's my baby. I loved him to death."

Ha... someone should love this a-hole to death. And the ourageous thing is that he's only getting charged with manslaughter.

The article goes on to talk the sexist society in which we live in.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-rowe/what-it-says-about-us-whe_b_671373.html

He is going to be doing more than 20 years for murdering a child. More like a life sentence and up for parole in 15-25 years.

They're charging him with manslaughter. Can you get life for manslaughter?

The last sentence of your linked article indicated that they may up the charges after an investigation.

From what I have read thus far, if he was "toughening up for him to act like a boy," then this was definitely premeditated over a period of time and was not a crime of passion.

He would be real lucky to get charged with manslaughter. The more that comes out, the more pressure on the DA to up the charges.

Once Nancy Grace gets ahold of this and other media, if the manslaughter charge has not been upped, then calls for the ouster of the DA in charge of this case will be many and vociferous.

I predict they will up the charges to 1st or 2nd degree murder. Considering it was a 17 month-old, I just don't see how he does not get life or the death penalty.

So... wat would a boy baby have to be doing to act like a girl or vice versa?

He can only be charged with murder if it's proven that he intented to kill the child. From what I understand spanking isn't illegal in the US (which in my opinion is appalling), so he can just say that he got carried away.

If there was any justice this guy would also be charged with a hate-crime (due to his sexism/misogyny).

 Even if he WERE ACTING LIKE A GIRL that would be no excuse to beat him.

But I asked myself the same questio as you. I don't know what that a-hole considered feminine behaviour in a 17-month-old.

I hope someone will cut his limbs off and hang him by his balls.

exactly! all babies act the same till like...wat like 5 or 6 years old? what in the world did he see as girlie?

Don't know, maybe the poor kid was crying and he percieved that as girlie, 'cause "boys don't cry". Or maybe he was smiling at the color pink or something.