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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA Danville man has been convicted of murder in the November 2017 death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son.
A jury this week also found Michael P. Atkinson of Danville guilty of aggravated battery resulting in death and neglect of a dependent resulting in death. Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7.
Defense lawyer Robert Alden said Thursday an appeal likely will be considered at a later date.
Danville police and firefighters responded Nov. 11, 2017, to a call about an unconscious boy in the city just west of Indianapolis. The child died two days later at an Indianapolis hospital. A medical examiner ruled the death a homicide and found that the boy had died from blunt-force trauma.
Atkinson told police the boy fell in the bathtub and hit his head.
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