BALTIMORE (AP) - A Glen Burnie man was convicted yesterday of murder in the 2007 death of his 8-year-old stepson while the family was stationed in Japan, federal prosecutors said.
Roberto DeLeon, 27, was convicted by a jury after a three-week trial in U.S. District Court.
According to federal prosecutors, DeLeon was living with his wife, who was in the Air Force, on Kadena Air Base on April 7, 2007, when he beat and seriously injured 8-year-old Jordan Peterson.
Four days later, DeLeon killed the boy by hitting him in the stomach, prosecutors said.
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