Father Accused of Beating His 12-Year-Old Son to Death with a Baseball Bat

• A Connecticut man is accused of beating his 12-year-old son to death with a baseball bat
• Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr., 52, was charged with murder with special circumstances and a criminal attempt to commit murder after the death of his son on May 1
• Esposito allegedly told police that he heard voices telling him not to let his son “get away with” disrespectful behavior

A Connecticut man is accused of beating his 12-year-old son to death with a baseball bat and attempting to kill his 16-year-old daughter.

According to a statement from police in Branford — located just east of New Haven — 52-year-old Anthony Andrew Esposito Jr. was charged with murder with special circumstances and a criminal attempt to commit murder after the death of his son on Thursday, May 1.

According to a police report obtained by The Hartford Courant and Stamford Advocate, police responded to a condo on Hemlock Road at around 4 p.m. local time after a woman called to say she believed that Esposito had killed someone in his home.

As police were on their way to the scene, they learned that Esposito had left the condo and was driving in his silver Chrysler Pacifica, the outlets reported.

Investigators who entered the unit found Esposito’s 12-year-old son on the ground of the basement with head trauma, and he was pronounced dead at 4:10 p.m. by a paramedic, per the report.  VISIT PEOPLE