'Unfit parents': Vonta McClellan, 26 (left), and India Kimble, 28 (right), are facing capital murder charges in the beating death of the woman's 5-year-old sonīrutal death: Autopsy showed that Gregory Caver, 5, was beaten with a belt severely enough to cause blunt force trauma, and eventually deathĭepartment of Human Resources officials say they did a follow-up and found that another child, McClellan’s daughter, at the same address had been abused. Local authorities say they responded to a report of a child having difficulty breathing and the toddler was later pronounced dead at a hospital in Birmingham. India Kimble, 28, and Vonta McClellan, 26, both from Anniston, were arrested Tuesday and charged with killing Gregory Caver after he had wet his pants. PUBLISHED: 19:25 EST, 1 August 2013 | UPDATED: 19:26 EST, 1 August 2013Īn Alabama mother of four and her fiance have been charged with capital murder in the beating death of the woman’s 5-year-old son. Mother of four and her boyfriend charged with capital murder for 'beating son, 5, to death with a belt because he wet his pants' Investigators ask anyone with any additional information about previous incidents of abuse involving McClellan or Kimble to contact the Anniston Police Department or the Calhoun County District Attorney's Office.Ĭourt dates for the two suspects are expected to be set within the next 60 days, and according to McVeigh, it could be two years before they go to trial.

On the death of a child, McVeigh says, 'there are no words that are adequate when a child dies, especially when they are victims of abuse.' McVeigh says Kimble had other children present at the time of the incident, but they were physically unharmed. He was arrested on child abuse charges prior to being charged with murder. McClellan is also accused of striking his 7-year-old daughter with the same belt used to beat Caver. Investigators say McClellan used a belt to beat little Gregory into unconsciousness on the morning of July 26, ultimately causing his death at Children's of Alabama later that day.Īccording to McVeigh, Kimble allegedly verbally accosted her son during his beating, hence her arrest for murder. Marshals and has since been transported back to Anniston, booked into jail. Kimble was arrested in Mobile Tuesday by U.S. 'He wet his pants, and he died for it.' McVeigh said.Ĭaver's mother, 28-year-old India Kimble, and her 26-year-old boyfriend, Vonta McClellan, have been charged with capital murder in connection with the boy's death.

( WBMA) - Calhoun County District Attorney Brian McVeigh says 5-year-old Gregory Caver was murdered in Anniston last week after urinating in his pants. Posted: Wednesday, J1:58 pm | Updated: 10:04 am, Thu Aug 1, 2013.ĪNNISTON, Ala.

Calhoun DA: Anniston boy killed for wetting pants

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