Deputies remained at Baby Kevin's bedside because no one else was there for him

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — Investigators are opening up about a case that they are calling heartbreaking.

Baby Kevin died at an area hospital after sustaining severe injuries at an apartment last week. According to investigators, Baby Kevin's mother is in Honduras, but deputies remained by the child's side in his final moments so he wouldn't be alone.

It's not clear exactly what happened inside the apartment, but Baby Kevin had to be flown to the Texas Medical Center on Thursday. He was covered in broken bones, bruises and human bite marks, investigators said. When he got to the Med Center, doctors performed emergency brain surgery.

Investigators gathered enough evidence to arrest Morales, 27, who claims he's the boy's uncle. According to investigators, Morales took Baby Kevin to the hospital from which he was flown to the Med Center.

Authorities have not been able to confirm Morales' relationship with Baby Kevin and say Morales is an undocumented immigrant from Honduras.

Deputies are working with prosecutors to see if the charge of injury to a child can be upgraded.

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