Javier Ruben Barker hit and kicked his girlfriend’s son in a Pleasant Hill home, and he died as a result of his injuries, according to court documents.
Dillon Bahorski’s injuries included severe brain trauma, a skull fracture and contusions to his body, according to court documents.
He also suffered significant bruising and swelling of the exterior sides of both ankles, according to court documents.
One thing I found that might shed a bit of light on things is that Javier Barker’s wife filed for divorce back in September of this past year and they do have children.
Update – The divorce was granted on May 28th and Barker is supposed to be paying child support to his ex-wife (a bit difficult since he’s in the cross-bar motel).
Unfortunately I don’t have any other information right now but as soon as I do I will have it posted.
Updated 3/16/09 – At a court appearance Barker was attacked by relatives of Dillon Bahorski:
A man accused of beating a child to death was beaten himself in court.
Javier Barker, 29, made his first appearance in a Cass County courtroom Monday on a charge of second-degree murder.
Barker is accused of killing his girlfriend’s 3-year-old son, Dillon Bahorski, in December at a house in Pleasant Hill.
Police said he beat Bahorski because he would not go to sleep and continued to cry.
During the court appearance, two of Dillon’s cousins attacked Barker and began punching him in front of the judge.
Relatives of the accused and the victim said the attack was not planned.
“They just sat there long enough and their emotions got the best of them, and I think they just kind of fell apart,” said Leigh Anne Kerschner, the victim’s grandmother. “This is really hard, that’s the first time we’ve seen him since Dillon was killed.”
Updated 8/19/09 – It’s been quite some time since I posted an update on this entry so I figured I would go ahead and post what I’ve found so far.
Updated 10/9/09 – Barker’s trial date has been set for March 10th. I will update this during and after his trial.
3/2/2010 – I had completely forgotten when I published my update yesterday. There IS a Facebook group entitled Dillon WILL Get Justice. Check it out if you are interested.
3/9/2010 – It appears that the trial has been continued to May 18th. Don’t have any other details as of yet.
5/13/2010 – As Sandra mentioned in the comments below the trial has been rescheduled. I received a MOVANS alert via email earlier in the week mentioning it but not giving any details however it is rumored that the reason it was continued is that a medical examiner for the defense has backed out and that the trial has been rescheduled for October 19th-22nd. I will attempt to get it confirmed but that is likely to just remain scuttlebutt until we get closer to the trial.
12/15/2010 – The trial has been continued again. This time for April 2011.
2/24/2011 – The trial began on Tuesday of this week and is scheduled to run through Friday. Depending on my work schedule later this week I will try and have an update to the post on Friday or Saturday, although I am sure someone will be able to leave the results in the comments long before I can get this post updated.
One bit of evidence that was introduced over the last couple of days is that a whiskey bottle was found in the home with a shape consistent with wounds on Dillon’s body.
A story appeared yesterday at the Star Herald about the ongoing trial, you can read it here.
2/25/2011 – After two years of waiting for trial this was over pretty quickly. Javier Barker was found guilty yesterday and now all that remains is the sentencing. While there has been quite a bit of discussion on the case I have never really thought it would go any other way.
