Tragic: 8-Year-Old Boy Killed While Trying To Protect Sister From Sexual Assault: Family

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The third grader was beaten with a hammer, allegedly by his mother’s ex-boyfriend.

Tragic: 8-Year-Old Boy Killed While Trying To Protect Sister From Sexual Assault: Family

The grieving family of a young boy from Sacramento, California, said he was a hero in the last moments of his short life.

Dante, 8, had tried to rescue his younger sister from an alleged sexual assault when he was attacked by the perpetrator, beaten with a hammer and left for dead, relatives said.

Night-year-old Dante, pictured with his younger sister, whose face has been blurred to protect her identity. Dante died on Sept. 6, after being attacked with a hammer.

The child, who’d just started third grade, died on Sept. 6 from his injuries.

“Trying to save his sister from this child molester, and that’s why he was beat the worst,” Dante’s grandmother, Monique Brown, told KTXL-TV this week. She described her grandson as a “sensitive” boy.

Dante’s heart, she said, was donated to a child in Southern California upon his death. “A 4-year-old lives because of [him],” Brown said.

Police have charged Deandre Chaney Jr., the 23-year-old ex-boyfriend of Dante’s mother, with killing the boy and sexually assaulting his 7-year-old sister, according to the Sacramento Bee.

Investigators say Chaney, who has a lengthy rap sheet including rape, robbery and assault charges, committed “lewd acts” on the girl on Sept. 1 before beating her, her brother and the children’s mother, 28-year-old Elizabeth Salone, with a hammer.

Salone told police that Chaney also doused her in lighter fluid before fleeing the scene.

Sacramento PD is looking for 23 yo Deandre Chaney Jr., in connection w/ hammer attack on woman & 2 children. All have major injuries

The Bee, quoting an arrest warrant, said Chaney cut off “his parolee ankle monitor and [hopped] on an Amtrak train bound for Salt Lake City.”

Chaney was arrested in Winnemucca, Nevada, on Sept. 2, where he was found hiding inside a shed. He faces murder and attempted murder charges, as well as a charge of committing lewd acts with a child under 14.

A GoFundMe campaign set up by relatives of Dante’s family to help cover their medical bills and other expenses was trending on the crowdfunding website on Monday. Hundreds have donated and the effort had raised more than $22,000 as of early Monday afternoon.

Dante’s grandmother said the boy’s mother will likely suffer from permanent blindness in one eye due to the attack. And she said that Dante’s sister will “need a lot of help.”

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A New Jersey man has been jailed on charges he left his 2-year-old son to die after a crash that occurred as he fled from a Philadelphia-area Walmart after allegedly stealing television speakers.

NEWS: Cops – Dad crashed car, left 2-year-old son to die after shoplifting from Walmart

Twenty-seven-year-old Christopher Kuhn, of Hamilton, remained in the Bucks County jail Wednesday on third-degree murder and other charges. There was no attorney listed in court records.

Twenty-seven-year-old Christopher Kuhn, of Hamilton, is facing third-degree murder and other charges. (Bucks County Sheriff’s Office)

Twenty-seven-year-old Christopher Kuhn, of Hamilton, remained in the Bucks County jail Wednesday on third-degree murder and other charges. There was no attorney listed in court records.

Tullytown police say Kuhn fled the store at Levittown Town Center early Tuesday afternoon after taking the speakers worth $228. Officials say a witness told officers that he covered his SUV’s license plate with a sweatshirt.

Kuhn ran a red light and collided with two other vehicles, throwing his son into the road, police said. He paused to look at his injured toddler before running away.

Police caught up to Kuhn after a short foot chase. Officers tried to revive the boy using CPR until medics arrived and transported him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Nobody else was hurt in the crash. Police say Kuhn’s son wasn’t in a safety seat.