Leland “Lee” Arnett, an 8-year-old boy from De Soto, Illinois, dies four days after he is struck in the head with a bat during an incident at his family home on May 13. According to reporting, the injury occurs amid a domestic violence situation at the residence. The child’s death follows the initial attack by several days, and community reaction is described as widespread in the small town. The available accounts focus on the timeline from the May 13 incident, through the immediate aftermath, to the boy’s death on a subsequent date. The reports do not provide additional confirmed details in the excerpts provided about charges, the investigation’s findings, or the current condition of other people involved. Overall, the sources agree on the identity of the child, his age, the location and date of the domestic violence incident, and that he dies after suffering a head injury when struck by a bat.