INGER, Minn. — A northern Minnesota man has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of a 4-year-old boy in Itasca County.
According to Itasca County Attorney Matti Adam, Kevin Daniel Jackson, 28, of Deer River was charged after emergency workers responded to a call to a home in Inger about 5 p.m. Wednesday. The 4-year-old was unresponsive and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
The child’s uncle told police that at 5 p.m. he heard the child’s mother screaming at Jackson and asking him what happened.
The medical examiner found bleeding and cuts on the child’s eyes, face and nose and bruising on his neck. Medical personnel on the scene said the child might have died of suffocation.
Jackson, whose relationship to the victim wasn’t immediately clear, appeared in Itasca County District Court on Friday. Bail was set at $2 million without conditions and $1 million with conditions. His next court appearance was set for Sept. 3.
Jackson has a lengthy criminal record, including convictions for theft, assault and domestic assault. He was currently on probation for a 2015 drug offense.
