The one-year-old victim of Saturday’s attempted murder has died. According to Sheriff’s Captain Trevis Newport, paramedics were called to the 55500 block of 29 Palms Highway sometime Saturday for an ill child. The boy was taken to Hi-Desert Medical Center with unspecified injuries and then flown to Loma Linda Medical Center. He was on life support until Monday evening when he was pronounced dead at about 10:44 pm. The mother’s boyfriend, Arthur Davies, 34, of Yucca Valley, will face charges of Murder and Assault Resulting in the Death of a Child. Davies is currently being held at the Central Detention Center, with his bail set at $1 million.
