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A 25-year-old mother in Michigan and her 32-year-old boyfriend have been arrested and accused of torturing and killing her 6-year-old son, who was kept in a pen, stapled to the wall, and repeatedly shot with a BB gun, among other things.
Elaina Rose Jennings and Daniel John Giacchina were taken into custody last week and charged with one count each of first-degree murder, child abuse, and lying to a police officer in the horrific slaying of young Giovanni “Chulo” Jennings, authorities announced.
Giacchina is facing additional charges of being a felon unlawfully in possession of a firearm and ammunition.
According to a news release from the Oakland County District Attorney’s Office, officers with the Madison Heights Police Department and emergency medical personnel at about 2:34 p.m. on July 30, responded to the family’s home in the Ackels mobile home community off Dequindre Road after Jennings called 911 and reported that her 6-year-old son was not breathing. The community is about 13 miles north of Detroit.
Authorities said that Chulo was “severely abused” and beaten “regularly” at the hands of both Jennings and Giacchina. They further alleged that Jennings and Giacchina conspired to concoct a false story for police, claiming it was another person who was with Chulo when he suffered his fatal injuries “when in fact the victim was left in the care of defendant Giacchina.”
Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said that the circumstances surrounding Chulo’s death were some of the worst to ever come through her office.