The Latest: 3 charged in the death of 5-year-old boy

GREAT FALLS, Mont. – The Latest on three people charged in the death of a Great Falls boy (all times local):

3:35 p.m.

The parents of a 5-year-old boy and another man are charged with deliberate homicide in the boy’s death in Great Falls.

Police say emergency dispatchers received a 911 call Wednesday morning and paramedics declared the child dead at the scene.

Court records indicate the boy had been beaten, had been bleeding from the nose and mouth, had a gash in his head and may have had a broken leg.

The child’s parents, 30-year-old Emilio Renova and 31-year-old Stephanie Byington made initial court appearances Thursday on charges of deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment and felony assault on a minor. Racso Birdtail is charged with deliberate homicide and evidence tampering.

They did not enter pleas.

District Judge Elizabeth Best set bail at $500,000 for Byington and Birdtail and $750,000 for Renova, who is on probation.

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12:20 p.m.

The parents of a 5-year-old boy along with another man have been arrested on suspicion of deliberate homicide in the boy’s death in Great Falls.

Police say emergency dispatchers received a 911 call Wednesday morning and paramedics declared the child dead at the scene.

Court records indicate the boy had been beaten, had been bleeding from the nose and mouth, had a gash in his head and may have had a broken leg.

The child’s parents, 30-year-old Emilio Renova and 31-year-old Stephanie Byington are charged with deliberate homicide, criminal endangerment and felony assault on a minor. Racso Birdtail is charged with deliberate homicide and evidence tampering.

The Great Falls Tribune reports all three are scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon. Court records did not indicate they had attorneys who could speak on their behalf.

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Information from: Great Falls Tribune, http://www.greatfallstribune.com