Trial begins in 8-year-old torture, beating death

Name: Trial begins in 8-year-old torture, beating death
Uploaded: 2017-10-17T00:00:00+00:00
Duration: 2 min 45 s
Description: An attorney acknowledged on Monday that a Palmdale man committed "unspeakable acts of abuse" against his girlfriend's 8-year-son before "exploding into a rage of anger" that the defense maintains resulted in the boy's unintentional death, but a prosecutor said the youngster was systematically tortured because the defendant believed the child was gay.

An attorney acknowledged on Monday that a Palmdale man committed "unspeakable acts of abuse" against his girlfriend's 8-year-son before "exploding into a rage of anger" that the defense maintains resulted in the boy's unintentional death, but a prosecutor said the youngster was systematically tortured because the defendant believed the child was gay.

Posted October 16, 2017 8:22pm PDT