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Mom charged with murder of 5-year-old son beat child to death because he broke the TV: prosecutors
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Written by Sherrina Navani   
Tuesday, 21 June 2011 08:53
Kim Crawford, 21, is charged with murdering her son, after  5-year-old Jamar Johnson was discovered to have died from blunt trauma  to the chest.

Florescu Viorel for News

Kim Crawford, 21, is charged with murdering her son, after 5-year-old Jamar Johnson was discovered to have died from blunt trauma to the chest.

A Bronx mom said she beat her 5-year-old son to death because he broke the television while playing Nintendo Wii, prosecutors said Monday.

Kim Crawford, 21, smacked Jamar Johnson in his back and stomach on June 13 "harder than I've ever hit him," she told cops.

Crawford watched him vomit and complain of agonizing pain for five days as his internal injuries got worse. She never took him to the hospital because she feared getting arrested, she told investigators.

Jamar (r.) and Heaven Johnson, whose mother Kim Crawford is charged with murdering Jamar (Family Handout).

Jamar (r.) and Heaven Johnson, whose mother Kim Crawford is charged with murdering Jamar (Family Handout).

"I was worried they'd see the bruises and I'd get in trouble," she told cops.

Jamar died of an infection to his lacerated pancreas and intestine at Montefiore Medical Center late Friday.

Prosecutors charged Crawford with murder and manslaughter. She was ordered held without bond Monday.

"I can't believe this," Jamar's dad said outside court.

The petite single mom told cops several different stories about how Jamar was injured before finally admitting the truth, prosecutors said.

First, she claimed he simply got sick, went to sleep and never woke up, prosecutors said. She then claimed he fell while playing in the park and injured himself.

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