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DeRidder Man Accused of Stabbing Four Year Old Boy to Death
The Beauregard Parish Sheriff's Office reports that a four-year-old boy is dead after a man who may be his uncle stabbed him to death.
John W. Hatfield, III, of DeRidder, will face first-degree murder charges after witnesses said they heard four-year-old Tanner Bailey scream, and then found him with a chest wound. They called 911 shortly after 3:30 p.m. Monday afternoon. Bailey was unresponsive when first responders got to him, and he was airlifted to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Sheriff Ricky Moses told KPLC News Hatfield has a criminal history, most recently including a 2010 arrest for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Moses said sheriff's deputies were "very familiar" with Hatfield.
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