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The mother of a 16-month-old boy who authorities say died after being severely beaten by her boyfriend was ordered held Monday in lieu of $250,000 bail, prosecutors said.
Dominique Smith, 24, of the 1100 block of West Marquette Road, was charged with one felony count of endangering the life and health of a child, police said.
Prosecutors said Smith had left her baby and three other children, ages 5, 4 and 2, with Dantis Porter on several occasions. When Smith arrived home from work on Dec. 23, she saw burns on her youngest child's right thigh and lower leg but she did not take the boy to a hospital, according to court documents.
On Christmas Day, Smith took her baby son, Johnny "B.J." Kimble, to his great-aunt's house. When the great-aunt saw burns on B.J.'s hand, thigh and lower leg, she told Smith to take the boy to a hospital, prosecutors said. But Smith didn't do that, authorities said. More
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