April 14, 2010, 6:00PM
Ryan Garza | The Flint Journal(left to right) Julie, 48, and Marty Baker, 49, of Tyrone Township talk about their 4 year-old grandson, Dominick Calhoun, who was severely beaten on Sunday in his Argentine Township home. (Also in the photo foreground is Dominick's other grandfather Rick Calhoun, 50, of Linden)
ARGENTINE TOWNSHIP, Michigan — He was the little boy everybody wanted, with his big blue eyes and even bigger personality.
For more than a year, Dominick Calhoun moved from home to home as his mother, father and maternal grandparents each argued they could best care for the blond, rough and tumble boy.
CourtesyDominick Calhoun, 4, died Monday after police found him severely beaten Sunday in his Argentine Township home.
Sunday, Dominick was found unconscious in his Argentine Township apartment with bruises covering his body and all of his teeth knocked out. The once vivacious 4-year-old died at 11:02 Monday morning, after he was removed from life support.
His mother and her boyfriend bothwere arrested Sunday. The mother, who was also injured, waslater released.
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said the boyfriend remains in jail on suspicion of felony murder and he expects to announce charges today. Leyton declined to comment about the ongoing investigation. Read more at http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2010/04/dominick_calhoun_argentine_tow.html.
