Mother accused of fatally beating young son
A St. Cloud woman is accused of fatally beating her young son with a shoe.
Nyachuol Lungdicok Poch, 31, is being held in the Stearns County Jail on $1 million bond.
Poch is charged with second-degree murder in the death of her 22-month-old son. The criminal complaint says Poch admitted hitting the boy with a shoe because he was crying.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports the child had a lacerated liver and other soft tissue injuries.
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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press
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