MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A Memphis man has been indicted with murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 17-month-old son last summer.
A Shelby County Grand Jury indicted Calvin Henry for felony murder in the perpetration of aggravated child abuse and aggravated child neglect. He is being held on $100,000 bond.
Prosecutors said Henry was living with his girlfriend July 7, 2020, at the Peppertree Apartments in Whitehaven and was babysitting little Douglas Mims while the boy’s mother was working. Investigators said at one point, Henry texted his girlfriend that the boy had fallen down the stairs and had a bad “knot on his head.”
At the hospital, investigators said doctors found the boy had severe head injuries, bruises, and burns to his face and back – all “not consistent” with falling down the stairs.
Douglas Mims died three days later at the hospital.
