Guest Sports News Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) .(Reuters) - A South Dakota jury on Tuesday found a Sioux Falls man guilty of killing the 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in 2013, prosecutors said. Joseph Patterson, 29, faces a mandatory life sentence for the conviction on second-degree murder in the death of Tyrese Ruffin, who was the son of his then girlfriend and Peterson, prosecutors said. Prosecutors had said Ruffin suffered blows to the head while in Patterson's care and died from hemorrhaging, while defense attorneys had argued that the child's death was accidental and the result of choking on snacks. Continue reading... Edited April 2, 2016 by rem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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