6-Year-Old Boy Brutally Murdered In San Jose

SAN JOSE Calif. Sep.10, 2007 (KGO) (KGO) -- San Jose's police chief was almost in tears at a news conference Monday as he talked about the beating death of a 6 year old boy. He told reporters that the boyfriend of the child's mother is in custody for the crime and the mother's role is being investigated.

"You can't help but look at this picture and wonder why we live in a world in which a little six year old boy gets beaten and what leads to that."

San Jose police chief, Rob Davis, was emotional Monday talking about the murder of six year old Oscar Jimenez Jr.

34-year-old Samuel Corona is charged with the boy's murder.

Police say Oscar's mother, Kathryn Jimenez, witnessed the deadly beating after an exchange with Corona's one-year-old child.

Corona told Jimenez that Oscar Jr. had made a comment that he would hurt Corona's child. Jimenez then witnessed Samuel Corona brutally beat Oscar Jr. at their San Jose home on Hayes Avenue on February 18th, but the murder wasn't discovered until recently.

Oscar's biological father got authorities involved in the search for Oscar when his estranged wife kept making excuses as to why he wasn't able to see his son.

Kathryn Jimenez was arrested for violating her husband's parental rights and while in court on August 31st, she indicated her son was dead and that his body was buried in Phoenix.

Corona was arrested in Arizona and faces an extradition hearing on Thursday.

Jimenez has not yet been charged in connection with her son's death but is in custody in San Jose.

The police want to obtain as much evidence as possible so they can present as much information as possible and submit a clear case to the district attorney's office.

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