Day-care attendee, 9, accused in baby's death

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — An 11-month-old boy was fatally beaten at a home day-care center, and authorities have charged a 9-year-old boy also attending the day care with the death and the center's owner with putting the child in harm's way.

Authorities said the older boy repeatedly hit Tahir Francis in the head a week ago, causing skull fractures. Tahir was taken to a hospital and died about six hours later while undergoing surgery.

"I want to know what kind of home the 9-year-old comes from," father Tafawah Francis told The Associated Press on Thursday. "He doesn't understand, you can't do these things to a baby."

The child was buried on Wednesday, Francis said