HPD: Dad Fatally Beat 6-Year-Old Son Alex Duncan Accused Of Killing Tekerrious Jackson

HPD: Dad Fatally Beat 6-Year-Old Son
Alex Duncan Accused Of Killing Tekerrious Jackson



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HOUSTON — A father accused of beating his 6-year-old son to death faced a judge on Monday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
Alex Duncan, 34, has been charged with murder.
Houston police said Duncan, also known as "Boomer," beat his son, Tekerrious Jackson, over an eight-hour period from Saturday night into early Sunday, at an apartment on Polk Street near Lockwood Drive.
Investigators said Duncan got mad because Tekerrious would not go to sleep at about 7 p.m. Saturday. For the following eight hours, Tekerrious was told to get on his knees with his arm extended in front of him. Whenever Tekerrious dropped his arms, Duncan punched him, police said.
Duncan described the punches to the chest and other areas of the body as "chest boxing," investigators said.
Police said it was a ritual beating that Tekerrious had endured for weeks.
Tekerrious was taken to Texas Children's Hospital early Sunday after he appeared to have suffered a seizure. He died at the hospital on Sunday, officials said.
Tekerrious had not seen his father in about three years, police said. His mother decided to let him spend the summer with his father under the condition that they stayed with the boy's grandmother, officials said.
Duncan moved out of the grandmother's home a few weeks ago and took Tekerrious with him, police said.
Detectives said that Duncan's girlfriend, Tammyra Sampson, 30, witnessed the beatings. She told police that she once intervened to show Duncan how to properly discipline a child with a belt.
Sampson was arrested and charged with injury to a child by omission.
Sampson's 11-year-old daughter told police that she was forced to watch the beatings. She has been placed in the care of Child Protective Services.
Duncan and Sampson both have criminal pasts. Duncan has past convictions for assault on a family member and drug charges. Sampson also has past convictions for drug and theft charges.

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