SALT LAKE CITY — Utah prosecutors said Friday that they won’t seek the death penalty against Joshua Schoenenberger who accused of beating his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son to death over potty training, according to publish reports.
Schoenenberger is accused of getting angry because James Siger Jr. used his diaper rather than the toilet. He’s accused of stepping on the child’s stomach in May 2015, causing fatal internal injuries.
The child’s mother Jasmine Bridgeman has pleaded guilty to lying to investigators in the case and was sentenced to a year to 15 years in prison.