A central Missouri mother and her boyfriend are charged in the fatal beating of a toddler whose injuries initially were blamed on a hit-and-run accident.

Morgan County court records show that 21-year-old Thomas Presley and 25-year-old Jamie Ann Litton, both of Stover, Missouri, face one count of second-degree murder in death of 3-year-old Blake Litton.

Officers responding to Presley’s 911 call found the boy dead Thursday morning about 100 miles southeast of Kansas City. Both Presley and Litton were jailed on $100,000 bond last night.