Thirty-eight-year-old Robert Babcock was arraigned Thursday morning at the Donley County Sheriff’s Office by Justice of the Peace Connie Havens in connection with the death of his four-year-old son.
Sheriff Butch Blackburn said bond was set at $1 million on the charge of Capital Murder, a capital felony; and Havens also set a bond of $100,000 on the charge of Domestic Violence/Injury to a Child, a first degree felony.
Authorities say Babcock beat his son, Chance Mark Jones, Tuesday morning, and the boy died as a result of his injuries Wednesday morning in Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.
Blackburn said investigators believe the abuse began December 24 and “continued on and off until Tuesday morning.”
An autopsy will be performed in Lubbock later today.
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