Name: Jaxsynn Gatlin.
Died: October 22, 2021.
Age at death: 4.
Cause of death: Drowning, hyperthermia.
Location: Billings, Montana, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Jaxsynn’s mother left him with his stepfather. His stepfather beat him and drowned him in hot water; he died from a combination of drowning and heat stroke.
Case Status:
Kristopher Michael Harasymczuk (Stepfather), convicted of deliberate homicide, assault of a minor and tampering with evidence.
Sources:
Jury finds Billings man guilty of deliberate homicide in death of stepson
State rests case in trial of Billings man accused of beating and drowning stepson
Trial underway for Billings man accused of killing 4-year-old boy