The St. Paul Island couple charged with killing a 2-year-old boy in their care texted about hitting him on the head and covering up what happened, including asking an older child to lie to police, according to a sworn affidavit filed by a trooper.
in their care earlier this month texted about hitting him on the head and covering up what happened, including asking an older child to lie to police, according to an affidavit filed in the complaint against them.
The boy was placed in foster care with the Melovidovs in early October, according to troopers. His mother died in September.indicted on charges of second-degree murder, St. Paul police got the medical call the evening of Dec. 11, the document states. The toddler was taken to the St. Paul Health Clinic, then was flown to Alaska Native Medical Center, where he was put on life support. An imaging scan of his head early the next morning showed an extensive brain bleed. He was declared dead that night, Dec. 12.
The affidavit includes what appear to be a series of text messages between Myers-Melovidov and her husband just after 1 a.m. Dec. 12: “Hopefully doctors and nurses and whoever checks him won’t call or the police. Please delete this text after you read. I’m scared and worried.”“Gees and we’ve been hitting his head. Please delete our texts now,” she wrote.
He texted about putting aside bail money. She said she told the older child in the home “if they ever ask her questions. Just tell them that we discipline and put him in time out.”
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