GARY, Ind. (WLS) — Prosecutors in Lake County, Indiana, have charged a man with murder for allegedly beating a 2-year-old boy to death.

Prosecutors said police were called Monday to a home for a 2-year-old boy in the 300 block of Arthur Street who they believed had drowned in a bathtub.

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An autopsy performed on the child, identified as Je’Loni Smith, found that he had suffered blunt force trauma and his manner of death was determined to be homicide.

Prosecutors said he appeared to have been hit in the face, head, had abrasions on his neck and chest, bruises on his back and buttocks, and suffered a laceration to his liver and was bleeding under his scalp.

The Lake County coroner’s office said there appeared to be no water in his lungs or signs of drowning, prosecutors said.

The prosecutor said the boy’s mother told police she had been hospitalized the day before her son’s death and that he, along with her other children, was left in the care of her on-off boyfriend Ricky Larkin. She told police she was concerned for his safety in her care.

Larkin told police he found Smith in the bathtub not breathing and began performing CPR on him, but it was unsuccessful. Larkin was detained for questioning while a death investigation was launched.

Gary police announced Wednesday that Larkin has been charged with one count of murder in the death of Je’Loni Smith. He is currently being held in the Lake County Jail. His next court date was not immediately known.