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BEN HILL COUNTY, GA (WALB) - A two year old Ben Hill County boy was brutally beaten Friday afternoon and is in critical condition at an Atlanta hospital.
His mother's boyfriend is labeled a suspect in the attack.
The little boy was not breathing when paramedics arrived at his home on Lilac Road just after 1:30 Friday afternoon.
Ben Hill County Sheriff Bobby McLemore says the child had serious head injuries and a partially collapsed lung.
Doctors put him on a ventilator until he was airlifted to Eggleston Children's Hospital in Atlanta.
His mother's boyfriend is being questioned at the Ben Hill County Sheriff's Office.
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