KISSIMMEE, Fla. — A man is set to be back in court Wednesday in what the Osceola County sheriff called one of the worst child abuse cases of his career.
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Larry Rhodes Jr. was arrested last year.
Investigators said he beat his son because he was drinking from a toilet at a Kissimmee motel.
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They say the boy was likely thirsty because there wasn’t much to eat or drink in the room.
The boy’s mother, Bianca Blaise, was also arrested in this case.
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Both Rhodes and Blaise face child abuse and murder charges.
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