Jayden Lenescar, 4, Beaten in Bathtub with Belt & Wire Hanger, by Mother Myrna Chen Phang & Friend, for Touching Himself

Jayden Lenescar, 4, never had a chance. He was whipped bloody in a bathtub and left in pain and agony for two days before he died. Why? According to media reports, he touched his genitals. That was a sick excuse for his mother, Myrna Chen Phang, 25, and her houseguest, Steven Dadaille, 26, to have given this poor baby the thrashing of his life. When paramedics examined his body, they could not believe their eyes. One reportedly asked "Who the f--- beat this kid?" The couple have confessed to the October 23rd murder. There is no justification for the fate this child met.

"They said they warned him not to touch himself and he went ahead and did it, so they threw him in the bathtub, threw cold water on him and began hitting him with the belt," one source said. Chenphang beat the boy first, and Dadaille, a houseguest, took the belt away because she was being too easy, sources said. "He said she was being 'too soft,'" a source said. The beating was so severe that Jayden began urinating blood, Dadaille told cops.

Jayden went into cardiac arrest on Oct. 23. An EMS worker summoned to the Brooklyn apartment took one look at him and said, "Who the f--- beat this kid?" a source said. In a disturbing twist, another source told The News Jayden may not have been simply curious about his body; investigators think by touching himself he may have been trying to tell his mother he was being molested by someone. Source: NY Daily News

The bruises and open cuts across his chest were so horrific that investigators think a wire hanger may have been used. What is equally reprehensible is the fact that the mother and her friend did not call 911, but kept the boy home from school for two days and told relatives who heard him moan over the phone that he had the flu, according to statements made by family members to cops.

The brutal treatment being inflicted on so many children in this country is horrific and the perpetrators must be punished to the fullest extent of the law. This little boy, like the thousands of children who have been kidnapped, raped, beaten and killed, do not deserve this and law enforcement must have zero tolerance for any perpetrators brought to justice for these crimes. What would drive a mother to beat her child in such a manner is disgraceful and criminal. New York state has the death penalty and this woman deserves just that.

Photo credits: Myrna Chen Phang & Steven Dadaille, NY Daily News