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The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office has charged a Fort Walton Beach man with negligent homicide/manslaughter in the death of a 17-month-old toddler in June of 2023.

24-year-old Charles LIttle of Colonial Drive was arrested December 18th.

He had taken the toddler, who was unresponsive and had no pulse, to a local hospital on June 7, 2023.

Medical staff worked to try to save the boy however he died three days later.

The Florida District One Medical Examiner’s Office listed the cause of death as complications of multiple blunt force injuries, and the manner of death as homicide.

The child had multiple injuries to his head, brain, neck, vertebral column, and torso.

An extensive investigation by the OCSO determined that Little who is not the boy’s biological father, was babysitting him when the injuries occurred.

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