Adrian Peterson’s 2-Year-Old Son Dies:

If you like to watch EPSN or try to keep up with any football, chances are you have heard a lot the last few days about Adrian Peterson’s son.  Adrian Peterson, 28, is a professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings.  He is a running back and last year won the NFL’s MVP award.

Wednesday, the boyfriend of the child mother, Joseph Patterson, called 911 around 6 PM with reports of a child suffocating.  When medical dispatchers arrived at the apartment soon after, the child was unresponsive.  Paterson was arrested soon after because markings found on the head that were likely from abuse were found on the two-year-old child.  The child was said to be in critical condition all through Thursday and still into Friday morning in the hospital.  Friday morning at 11:43 AM, the child was pronounced dead, and the Childs name still has not been released.

Adrian Peterson also has another son who is about the same age, Adrian Peterson Jr., and a daughter.  After many people were getting the two sons mixed up, Adrian tweets “My son Adrian Jr. who lives w/ me is healthy. Appreciate the concern. We respectfully ask to stop tweeting his pics.”

Peterson said in a press conference held Friday that he would be playing in this Sundays game and the he hopes to win.  He also said that “football is something I always fall back on, it gets me through tough times”.

Patterson, who was previously charged with aggravated battery of an infant and aggravated assault, now faces a lot larger consequences.  An attorney from South Dakota said that he will be looking at additional charges because of the Childs death.  Patterson could face up to 40 years of prison if he is correctly accused of  killing Adrian Petersons son.  However this seems like a long time, it should be life in prison because whether he meant to or not, he still killed a child and that is something you should go to jail the rest of your life for.

Peterson is very great full for all the help he has been receiving and tweets “ God bless everyone and thank u so much”. He also tweets later, “ thank you for my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support” as well as “the NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players”. The case is still under investigation and new evidence will likely come up and the right person will surely be accused.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/11/us/adrian-peterson-son-alleged-assault/

Botelho, Greg, Cristy Lenz, and Shawn Nottingham. "Report: Adrian Peterson's Young Son Dies after Alleged Assault." CNN. Cable News Network, 12 Oct. 2013. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.