UPDATE — 2/28/26 at 2:30 p.m. ET: Nearly two months after he was beaten nearly to death by his mother’s boyfriend, a Florida boy has died, according to reports. Mason, the 6-year-old son of Cynthia Elaine Hernandez, was removed from life support on Friday, February 27, and died soon after, his grandmother told NBC News. Mason, who was autistic, had been in the hospital in critical condition since January 9, after he was rushed to the emergency room in cardiac arrest. Hernandez and her boyfriend, Daniel Eduardo Romero, have entered not guilty pleas to charges connected to Mason’s murder. Origin...

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