Disturbing Report: Dad Sends Boy's Mother Pictures After Fatally Wounding 5-Year-Old, Now Charged with Murder
A Nevada man has been arrested in the death of his 5-year-old son after police say the child was whipped with a cable box cord. Gerald Oglesby, 33, was arrested March 16 after his son was found dead in the father’s…

A Nevada man has been arrested in the death of his 5-year-old son after police say the child was whipped with a cable box cord.
Gerald Oglesby, 33, was arrested March 16 after his son was found dead in the father’s apartment, according to KVVU.
Oglesby told police there was a 13-minute gap between when the child breathed his last and when he called 911.
During that time, Oglesby texted the child’s mother “a couple of good pictures that were previously stored on his phone,” according to the police report, KVVU said.
He then texted his sister that the child died because he had been whipped too hard.
Police said Oglesby smoked marijuana before calling 911. He told dispatchers who tried to instruct him on CPR that he had already tried it, with no results, and he refused to try again.
According to a police report on the incident, Oglesby told police that the incident that led to the child’s death began when the boy was watching a TV show he wasn’t allowed to see.
The child “back talked,” which led to a whipping with the cord that



