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Anna Katrina Sevilla

Florida Boy With Autism Dies — 'Severe Trauma' Detailed by Police

A 6-year-old boy with non-verbal autism succumbed to his injuries. His stepfather, Daniel Eduardo Romero, is behind bars (Credit: Screenshot /YouTube WPLG Local 10)

A six-year-old boy with autism has died following a weeks-long hospitalisation stemming from severe injuries allegedly inflicted by his mother's boyfriend, authorities confirmed.​

The boy, identified in court records as Mason, was admitted to a hospital in North Miami Beach in Florida on 9 January in critical condition after what Miami-Dade Police Department (MDPD) described as a violent assault at his home also in North Miami Beach.

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