Baby dies with 89 injuries on his 1st birthday after ‘sexual torture by mum’
A BABY died in "horror and pain" on his first birthday having suffered horrific sexual abuse at the hands of his mother and her boyfriend, prosecutors said.
Hoss Wayne Benham was found to have 89 injuries across his body after being brought unresponsive to a hospital in Cullman, Alabama.
He had four injuries to each eye, 19 across on his arms and legs, six on his torso, and seven to his genitalia and anus.Ballenger and Brown both face charges of capital murder and sexual torture, and could receive the death penalty or life in prison if found guilty.Brown had been due to stand trial later this month, almost four years since he was indicted, but at a hearing on Tuesday a request by his attorney that the trial be adjourned was granted.
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