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Ohio Pastor Convicted Of Murder In 2-Year-Old Foster Son's Death

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A former Ohio pastor has been convicted of murder and other charges in the death of his 2-year-old foster son.

An attorney for Torace Weaver argued it was accidental. He says the boy hit his head on a wall while Weaver was spinning him around, playing what they called "the Superman game." The attorney says that the 38-year-old Dayton man panicked and that's why he initially told police that the boy fell.

The coroner says the child had 20 head injuries, a severe arm burn and injuries on his back. Prosecutors argued that Weaver couldn't explain the burn and never had it treated. The boy died of a catastrophic skull fracture in November 2015.

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Weaver's wife was found guilty of child endangering.

Their sentencing is scheduled May 5.

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