A 27-year-old Orlando man was arrested and charged with first degree murder in the death of his 4-year-old son, Orange County deputies say.
Wilfride Exilasse, 27, is accused of beating his 4-year-old son, Elijah Exilasse, on May 30, causing the boy to suffer severe head trauma. At the time, little Elijah was taken to the Arnold Palmer Hospital and doctors believed that if the boy survived, he could be brain dead because of his severe injuries.
Elijah died on September 1, out-of-state, where he had relocated with his mother. An autopsy ruled that the boy died as a result of complications due to blunt force head trauma and his death was ruled a homicide.
Exilasse, the boy’s father gave conflicting statements when questioned by investigators as to how his son sustained such severe injuries, deputies say.
Earlier this week an arrest warrant was issued for Exilasse, who was arrested on Thursday, without incident.
Exilasse was charged with first degree murder and is being held in the Orange County Jail without bond.
