Trial opens for man charged with murdering NFL star Peterson's son

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Joseph Patterson, 29, faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted on the second-degree murder charge in the death of Tyrese Ruffin, who was the son of his girlfriend and NFL star Peterson. Lincoln County State's Attorney Tom Wollman told jurors the boy suffered four blows to the head while in Patterson's care and died from brain hemorrhaging, the Argus Leader reported. Police said they were called to a Sioux Falls apartment in October 2013 because Patterson reported he found Ruffin slumped over and unresponsive.

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