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Mom, boyfriend charged after boy fatally beaten

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By ABC7
Sunday, November 27, 2011
November 27, 2011 (CHICAGO)

Christopher Valdez died Friday of blunt force injuries from child abuse.

Cesar Ruiz, 34, is charged with first degree murder. The boy's mother, Crystal Valdez, 28, is charged with the concealment of a homicidal death and endangering the life of a child.

Both are due in court Monday.

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