Bremerton man arrested on charge of murder in death of 19-month-old boy

BREMERTON, Wash. -- The boyfriend of a Bremerton woman whose 19-month-old son died under suspicious circumstances in April was arrested Thursday on a charge of second-degree murder.

David Betancourt was babysitting his live-in girlfriend's 19-month-old son alone in April when he reported the child was unresponsive and not breathing, police said. The toddler was transported to Bremerton's Harrison Medical Center, where the boy died.

Final autopsy and toxicology examinations determined the toddler's death was a homicide due to blunt force trauma to the head, Bremerton police said.

Betancourt was being held in the Kitsap County Jail on $1 million bail.