A 34-year-old mother in Wisconsin has been arrested in connection with the death of her 3-year-old son, who authorities say was beaten so severely that his injuries evinced a “complete and utter disregard for human life.”
Zaquitta Joiner-Murphy was taken into custody last week and charged with one count of child neglect resulting in death in the brutal slaying of Da’Quarius Berry, court records show.
According to a probable cause affidavit, Joiner-Murphy called 911 a little before 7 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 6, seeking medical assistance for her 3-year-old son at her home in the 3200 block of North 29th Street. Joiner-Murphy told investigators she had returned home from dropping off her four other children at the school bus stop and found the victim “unresponsive and not breathing.”…