JACKSONVILLE, N.C. -- A Marine from Camp Lejeune has been charged with murder in the death of his 2-month-old son.
Twenty-seven-year-old Sgt. Jordan Thomas King had been in jail on a count of child abuse after he brought his son to the Naval Hospital at Camp Lejeune last Friday.
Authorities said Deklin John King had a fractured skull and bruising on his head.
The infant was taken off life support Wednesday and the abuse charge was upgraded to a murder count. Thomas King appears for a bond hearing Thursday.
He is a five-year veteran of the Marine Corps and is an electrical systems technician.
