Family mourns loss of Racine toddler who died of severe head trauma

A family is in mourning after they lost 22-month-old Joriel Ramirez-Rodriguez. Joriel Ramirez-Rodriguez was on a ventilator and in a coma for nine days. He died Wednesday.

“[I] never prayed before like that in my life. I was on my knees praying every night. I was just crying, begging the Lord ‘come bring my son back,’ begging someone to come heal,” Jorge Ramirez, Joriel Ramirez-Rodriguez’s dad, said.

Racine Police said Joriel Ramirez-Rodriguez suffered serious head trauma. Since his death, police have arrested his mother’s boyfriend on suspected first degree reckless homicide charges…

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