Man Beats Toddler To Death

TURLOCK, Calif. (AP) - Authorities in Stanislaus County,
California, are trying to figure out why a man beat to death a
toddler last night on a country road.
Horrified motorists say they came upon a stopped pickup facing
the wrong direction. They say a young man was brutally beating a
child behind his truck and throwing the toddler on the ground.
Witnesses told authorities that when they tried to stop the man,
he just pushed them away and continued the beating. A sheriff's
helicopter arrived and a police officer shot the man to death.
Authorities are trying to find out the relationship between the
man and the child. A sheriff's spokesman says the toddler was so
badly beaten it will have to be identified through blood or DNA
testing.