WOOD COUNTY, Ohio — Update: The Wood County Prosecutor's Office issued a press release Thursday afternoon correcting the charge with which Hughes was convicted in 2016. This story has been edited to reflect that correction.
A Wood County man is facing a murder charge for the 2017 homicide of a two-year-old, county prosecutors said in a press release Thursday.
Authorities indicted Gilbert Hughes for the murder of a child who died on Feb. 15, 2017, allegedly as a result of injuries they sustained in an abuse case for which Hughes was previously convicted in 2016. Hughes is currently incarcerated at the North Central Correctional Institution in Marion, Ohio on a child endangerment charge.
Ohio law permits an individual tried and convicted of abuse charges to be charged with a homicide offense if the victim of the abuse later dies as a result of the injuries, officials said.
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