BOYFRIEND AND MOTHER CHARGED
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THAT WAS 23 YEAR OLD RONALD WOODARD IN A 9-1-1 CALL ON JANUARY 19TH,
MONDAY HE WAS CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER AND FIRST DEGREE CHILD ABUSE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF 2 YEAR OLD CAMERON RUSSELL. RUSSELL'S MOTHER 21 YEAR OLD CHRISTY LYNN BROWN WAS ARRAIGNED TUESDAY AFTERNOON ON MURDER AND CHILD ABUSE CHARGES AS WELL. PROSECUTORS ALLEGE THAT BROWN HAD KNOWLEDGE OF ABUSE CONCERNING THE CHILD. WOODARD TOLD THE 9-1-1 OPERATOR THAT HE WAS CARRYING THE BOY WHEN HE TRIPPED OVER A DOG AND CAMERON HIT HIS HEAD ON A DOOR. THE CHILD LATER WENT TO SLEEP. WOODARD CALLED 9-1-1 SOME TIME LATER AFTER THEY COULDN'T WAKE HIM UP. CAMERON WAS TAKEN TO U OF M HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED ON JANUARY 20TH.