Child fights for his life after being beaten by father

(NECN: Katie Daly, Worcester, Mass.) - A seven-year-old boy is fighting for his life after being severely beaten. Police say the boy's father and the father's girlfriend are behind the brutal attack, which happened on Father's Day. The father, Leslie Schuler, and his live-in girlfriend, Tiffany Hyman, face assault charges. Investigators say Nathaniel Turner had been abused over the past eight weeks since coming to live with his father. Police spokesman Kerry Hazelhurst said the latest alleged assault on Father's Day left the boy unconscious, unresponsive, and read more

NECN | June 23, 2009

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