A South Side man on probation for burglary has been accused in the beating and smothering death of his girlfriend’s 14-month-old son while he was babysitting the child earlier this week.
Jonathan Massey, who turned 20 on Monday, was ordered held without bail today on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of the boy, identified in police reports as King-Quintaz Davis-Ringgold.
Prosecutors said the child’s mother went out with friends on Sunday night and left the boy in Massey’s care at her home in the 0-100 block of West 108th Place. When the child started crying, Massey took him into the bathroom and repeatedly punched him in the torso.
“(Massey) continued to punch the victim over and over again until the victim stopped crying and started to whimper,” Assistant State’s Attorney Chris Costello said in court. “The defendant then placed his hand over the victim’s mouth and suffocated him, then placed him back in his crib.”
The boy’s mother noticed the boy was “blue and not breathing” when she checked on him the next day, Costello said.
The boy was taken to Roseland Community Hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy determined he died of multiple blunt-force injuries and suffocation from child abuse. The death was ruled a homicide.
Massey, of the 11300 block of South Wentworth Avenue, is on probation for a 2010 burglary conviction for which he received four months in jail, records show. He also has a misdemeanor conviction for theft.
Massey appeared before Judge Jackie Portman in a purple polo shirt, clutching a purple baseball cap behind his back. His court-appointed attorney said he has his GED but is currently unemployed.
Jonathan Massey, who turned 20 on Monday, was ordered held without bail today on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of the boy, identified in police reports as King-Quintaz Davis-Ringgold.
Prosecutors said the child’s mother went out with friends on Sunday night and left the boy in Massey’s care at her home in the 0-100 block of West 108th Place. When the child started crying, Massey took him into the bathroom and repeatedly punched him in the torso.
“(Massey) continued to punch the victim over and over again until the victim stopped crying and started to whimper,” Assistant State’s Attorney Chris Costello said in court. “The defendant then placed his hand over the victim’s mouth and suffocated him, then placed him back in his crib.”
The boy’s mother noticed the boy was “blue and not breathing” when she checked on him the next day, Costello said.
The boy was taken to Roseland Community Hospital and pronounced dead. An autopsy determined he died of multiple blunt-force injuries and suffocation from child abuse. The death was ruled a homicide.
Massey, of the 11300 block of South Wentworth Avenue, is on probation for a 2010 burglary conviction for which he received four months in jail, records show. He also has a misdemeanor conviction for theft.
Massey appeared before Judge Jackie Portman in a purple polo shirt, clutching a purple baseball cap behind his back. His court-appointed attorney said he has his GED but is currently unemployed.
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