{"id":56654,"date":"2014-10-08T20:25:56","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T03:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=56654"},"modified":"2014-10-12T10:56:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-12T17:56:46","slug":"tortured-palmdale-toddler-dies-amended-charges-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2014\/10\/08\/tortured-palmdale-toddler-dies-amended-charges-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortured Palmdale toddler dies, amended charges expected"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rosie<\/a>
Rosie Lee Wilson, 21, and Brandon Jerel Williams, 24, are each charged with assault on a child becoming comatose, torture and mayhem. Williams is also charged with one count of attempted murder and Wilson with one count of child abuse. Baby Anthony’s death this week means the charges will be amended, authorities said. (Facebook photos)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 The\u00a0Palmdale toddler who was allegedly beaten and tortured by his mother and her boyfriend has died.<\/p>\n

Anthony Lee Wilson<\/strong> was pronounced dead at 1:26 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 5 at Children\u2019s Hospital in Los Angeles, according to Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Office. Baby Anthony died a week after his second birthday.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/a>
Anthony Lee Wilson was hospitalized in critical condition on Aug. 22. He passed away Oct. 5, a week after his second birthday. (Facebook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An autopsy is still pending, however, the case is being investigated as a homicide, Winter said.<\/p>\n

Baby Anthony suffered great bodily injury, allegedly at the hands of his mother, Rosie Lee Wilson<\/strong>, and her boyfriend, Brandon Jerel Williams<\/strong>, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney\u2019s Office. The alleged abuse occurred between June and August of this year, said Deputy District Attorney Theodore Swanson.<\/p>\n

Sheriff\u2019s detectives have released little information about the case. However, friends of the couple said Wilson took her son to the\u00a0hospital on Aug. 22, and she said the baby slipped and fell.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was discovered he had older bruises, and after being confronted, the boyfriend admitted to punching the baby\u2026\u201d said a friend of the couple, who asked not to be identified.<\/p>\n

The boyfriend, 24-year-old Williams, was arrested around 8:22 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22; and Wilson was arrested about five hours later, according to LASD inmate records.<\/p>\n

Days later, Wilson and Williams were each charged with assault on a child becoming comatose, torture and mayhem. \u00a0Williams was also charged with one count of attempted murder and Wilson with one count of child abuse. At the time, Baby Anthony was on life support in critical condition, according to the prosecutor.<\/p>\n

The couple appeared in an Antelope Valley courtroom on Aug. 26, but arraignment was postponed to Sept. 9 and then again to Oct. 14.<\/p>\n

Charges against Wilson and Williams are expected to be amended before their arraignment next week, according to Ricardo Santiago of the Los Angeles District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Each remains jailed on $2 million bail.<\/p>\n

UPDATED 10\/10\/14<\/span>:\u00a0Criminal charges were amended Oct. 9\u00a0in connection with the death of Anthony Lee Wilson.\u00a0Rosie Lee Wilson and\u00a0Brandon Jerel Williams are now charged with murder, assault on a child causing death and torture. Arraignment is set for Oct. 16.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Previous related story<\/span>: Couple charged with torture, mayhem for beating toddler<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PALMDALE \u2013 The\u00a0Palmdale toddler who was allegedly beaten and tortured by his mother and her boyfriend has died. Anthony Lee Wilson was pronounced dead at 1:26 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 5 at Children\u2019s Hospital in Los Angeles, according to Assistant Chief Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner\u2019s Office. Baby Anthony died a week after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":56656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}