‘Bravest little boy in America,’ 8, dies trying to save his mother’s life in selfless act that has broken small town’s heart
A brave eight-year-old boy was beaten to death with a baseball bat after he tried to protect his mother from her apparently abusive boyfriend. Leland ‘Lee’ Arnett died four days after he was struck in the head with a bat during a domestic violence incident at his family home in De Soto, Illinois on May 13. His accused killer Marcus …