Osceola man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son

This is a case of a 5 year old boy who didn't want to eat his breakfast. A "woman" if you want to use the word, beat him with a belt according to the report. When the 5 year old hit the woman, his father kicked him to death. A 5 year old boy is dead because he didn't want to eat his breakfast!

When we read appalling accounts like this it makes us all wonder what kind of people do things like this. What we tend to not think about is that the life of the child must have been hell all along.

Osceola man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son
Records show father, his girlfriend beat the child.

Walter Pacheco and Sarah Lundy

Sentinel Staff Writers

Five-year-old Kenyon Jeriel Ortiz didn't want to eat his breakfast Friday.

The boy's childish act angered his father's girlfriend, Frances Marie Rodriguez, who swatted him with a belt, investigators said.

Kenyon responded by hitting her back.

Melvin Ortiz wasn't going to let his son's behavior stand. He beat and kicked the child -- so hard the boy died hours later, according to authorities.

Now Ortiz, 28, is charged with murder and Rodriguez, 24, is charged with child neglect and battery. The Poinciana couple were arrested Tuesday and appeared in Osceola County Court on Wednesday.
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Osceola man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son