NFL Star Adrian Peterson’s 2-Year-Old Son Dies After Being Brutally Beaten

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Here’s The Real Scoop On Adrian Peterson, His 2-Year-Old Son, & Joseph Patterson

Many of us were left heartbroken and grieving for NFL star Adrian Peterson after we learned of the tragedy resulting in the death of his 2-year-old son. But, we were also left with many unanswered questions.

Why did Adrian Peterson seem so detached? Who was the child’s mom? What’s the story on Joseph Patterson, the monster responsible for beating an innocent child to death?

Let’s start from the beginning…



The child’s mother is Ashley Ann Doohen. She and Adrian Peterson had a brief love affair while she was in Minnesota, but it ended when she relocated to South Dakota.

When Ashley found out she was pregnant she didn’t know who was the father of her child. A paternity test only recently proved Adrian Peterson to be the child’s father.

That explains why Adrian was so detached and only seemed concerned with talking about how awesome the NFL is and how he will definitely be playing on Sunday.



Just a heads up, the photos you all are passing around on social media
(like the one above) are of Adrian, Jr. not his son who died on Friday.



This is the precious child who passed away after being abused by Joseph Patterson.




Now, let’s get into Joseph “Joey” Patterson. The 27-year-old recently moved in with Ashley and her son at their South Connie Avenue home in Sioux Falls. The relationship was described as “new” by a family friend.


Joseph “Joey” Patterson

On Wednesday, Ashley left her son alone with Patterson in their home. Shortly thereafter, Joey called 911 to report the child had choked on a piece of candy. When paramedics arrived the child was unresponsive. After he was transported to the hospital, doctors determined the child had been severely shaken and abused.

The child remained on life support for two days until Ashley made the decision to remove him so that his organs could be donated to others in need.

Joseph Patterson has been charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault and is being held on $750,000 bond. His charges are expected to be upgraded to murder in light of the child’s passing.

Unfortunately, this monster has a lengthy criminal history (9 pages) which includes assault, battery, theft, and domestic violence. According to The Argus Leader, in a previous relationship, Joseph spanked his girlfriend’s three-year-old so hard he needed an ice pack for welts. He also threatened to kill the child’s mother prompting her to file multiple restraining orders.



It hurt my spirit when I found out Joseph has a small son of his own. That didn’t stop him from violently attacking his baby mama in 2012. He was ordered by the court to take anger-management training. Obviously, it didn’t work.

As if this situation couldn’t get any more upsetting the very last photo Joey posted on his Facebook page was of him walking hand-in-hand with his son and the child he killed.



Joseph Patterson is due back in court on October 30. I hope they bury him under the jail!!

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NFL Star Adrian Peterson’s 2-Year-Old Son Dies After Being Brutally Beaten
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EDITORIAL: Should Ashley Ann Doohen Be Blamed For The Death Of Her & Adrian Peterson’s Son?
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I think it's unfair to call Adrian Peterson detached because he is playing on Sunday. He went to South Dakota right away. He thanked many people and asked for privacy for his family, not just the NFL. Many players play through tragedy. Tory Smith played the day his brother was killed. Brett Favre played when his father died. Andy Reid still coached the Eagles days after his son overdosed at the facility. Plus, us not knowing about Adrian having another child doesn't mean it was a secret. The situation is horrific and I feel for all parties involved. And I wish people read before they start reproducing the image of AP Jr who is alive and well

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I saw Adrian as detached and I'm sticking by that. Adrian met that child for the very first time in the hospital room. Maybe because I'm not a football fan I don't get how deep it is (or care) about the other players who hit the field in the midst of a family tragedy. I'm can only look at it from the perspective of a mother.

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Yes who are we to judge his actions! the focus should not be on the actions of Adrian Peterson, the focus should be on the fact that a child was killed maliciously and to add, while the unnecessary focus is on Adrian Peterson, as a mother I am not going to move any man in my house that I do not fully know. The responsibility lies heavily on the mother because she did not do her research on who she was dealing with in the beginning. So the lady who is posting about the actions of Adrian Peterson, as women we should be more choosey about the men that we date, have in our lives, and around our child/children.

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This guy "Joey" is not a man .. He's a price of worthless shit and needs to get the death penalty. How do you take a child's life like that ? I have a small son and 2 step children and I would never even think to do something as cruel as this waste of a human life.. So sad for the little boy.. Heartbreaking

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You're right, the only reason we are hearing about this story is because of AP's status. Case in point, 2007, Fort Benning, GA --female Soldier goes on R&R to marry a man she knew for less than 3 months. They came home from that deployment 6 months later. Within 6 weeks of returning home, her 5 year old son was dead, killed by the man she barely knew. The story was almost identical to AP's son; swelling on the brain for 2 days before removed from life support. I bet that story didn't make national news. People who harm kids are the worst monsters that walk the earth. I hope both men burn in hell!!

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Should Ashley Ann Doohen Be Blamed For The Death Of Her & Adrian Peterson’s Son?

The death of NFL star Adrian Peterson‘s 2-year-old son at the hands of his mother’s boyfriend has left many of us heartbroken, outraged, and it’s sparked a lot of dialogue.

The outpour of love, support, and prayers for Adrian Peterson has been amazing. Yet, I was taken aback by the overwhelming amount of criticism and disdain for the child’s mother, Ashley Ann Doohen.

I’ve seen Ashley called everything under the sun from a deadbeat mother to a wh-re. Some have even gone as far as blaming her for the death of her own child.

Really?!?

According to various reports and sources close to the family, Adrian Peterson recently learned the child was his. Ashley had a brief relationship with the Vikings running back before relocating to South Dakota. Ashley thought another man had fathered her child until a paternity test to get child support proved otherwise. Another test confirmed Adrian was indeed the child’s father.

Ashley Ann Doohen was in a relationship with Joseph Patterson, the man who violently shook her baby causing his death. Her family says it was a “new relationship.” Joseph had just moved in with Ashley and her precious baby boy, Ty not long before the beating occurred.

Police reports indicate Ashley left her son in Joseph Patterson‘s care on the day he was fatally beaten. A decision I’m sure she will regret for the rest of her life.

While I think it’s fair to say Ashley had poor judgement in dating a man with an extremely violent criminal history (Ladies and Gents, you have to Google people nowadays). I assume she felt okay with leaving her son with her live-in boyfriend, which we all know was the worst decision she could have ever made. Is it fair to blame her for the death of her own child? Isn’t it cruel to call her a deadbeat mother?

Some media outlets are trying to paint Ashley Ann Doohen as a wild and free woman who didn’t even know who the fathered her child, but regardless of all of that she still lost her baby boy on Friday.

Of course, the public is going to embrace the superstar athlete, but whether or not you think Ashley was a bad mother…the fact still remains she is a mother who just lost her sweet baby boy.

We’ve all made mistakes in our lives, let’s just pray we don’t ever have to suffer the consequences of our actions the way Ashley Ann Doohen has. Remember to say a prayer for Ashley too!

What are your thoughts on the criticism Ashley has received since her son’s passing?

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JMHO : She should have known more about this man's background before moving him into her life and her home with her child. Is she guilty of poor judgement - yes. Is she guilty of her child's death - No, Patterson is. If she did know about his past and left her child with him regardless... then I'd have to re address the matter after looking at further information.

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Adrian Peterson's version of 'Parenthood' :Where is the outrage for an NFL player who apparently fathered five children by four women, none of them he was married to?
October 16, 2013|Susan Reimer

Reigning NFL MVP Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings has been criticized for his decision to play in Sunday's game against the Carolina Panthers despite the fact that a son — that he had only recently learned existed — had died of head injuries consistent with child abuse.

Mr. Peterson, a running back known for his personal and professional toughness, said he never thought about not playing, and while some commentators criticized the decision, his teammates and fellow athletes rallied to his side, saying the man should be permitted to seek whatever solace he could at such a time.

Mr. Peterson's father told reporters that the 2-year-old boy in Sioux Falls, S.D., was indeed Mr. Peterson's son, confirmed by DNA testing following the mother's realization that the boy was not the child of her ex-boyfriend.

The mother's new boyfriend, 27-year-old Joseph Patterson, who has a criminal history of battering women and their young children, is in jail on $750,000 bond in the case. Mr. Peterson, who may have known about his paternity for only a couple of weeks, had not seen the child until he visited him while the boy was on life support in the hospital.

In the days since the child's death, it has come to light that the unmarried Mr. Peterson may have had as many as five children by four different women. They include a 6-year-old girl and a 2-year-old boy by his current girlfriend, a 4-year-old with a dancer in a "gentleman's club" in Dallas and a 3-month-old with a waitress in Minnesota. He is said to be providing financial support to those children.

All of this transpired at the conclusion of a week when the call for the Washington Redskins to abandon a nickname viewed by some as offensive reached fever pitch, culminating in sportscaster Bob Costas' self-righteous address, delivered during halftime of Sunday Night Football.

President Barack Obama has suggested that owner Dan Snyder think about changing the name, the league is applying pressure on the team, and any number of sportswriters have said they will not use the name in their reporting.

But, so far, nobody has criticized Adrian Peterson for his careless and cavalier sexual behavior.

The question we should be asking is not whether Mr. Peterson should have played football Sunday. But whether he should have worn a condom when having sex. Or whether he should be having sex with waitresses and dancers at all.

While the death of the boy is a horrible tragedy, that doesn't disqualify us from considering Mr. Peterson's casual approach to parenthood. Why are we so indifferent to this kind of casual, serial fatherhood?

Mr. Peterson is by no means alone. Baltimore's own adored Ray Lewis has six children by four women and is not married to any of them. The gilded Dan Marino, married father of four, has a child with one of his former network co-workers. The list of NFL stars who are populating the earth without regard to the value of a stable home life for children is as long as a training camp roster.

And still no outrage from those who would hold football players accountable for so many other sins. It seems that they get a pass because they are supporting the children, made that much easier by their enormous playing contracts. But dollars, while very handy, don't get it done when it comes to raising children.

We praise our sports heroes when they set examples of good citizenship in their adoptive communities, but we haven't got the guts to call them out when they behave like alley cats.

Real men don't have to take responsibility for a handful of children they never saw coming because real men wear condoms when they are having sex with women they barely know, women who might be looking for a payday pregnancy.

These NFL stars are not real men. They are careless adolescents. And the children are the ones who pay for their play.

http://articles.baltimoresun.com/201...night-football

Real men don't have to take responsibility for a handful of children they never saw coming because real men wear condoms when they are having sex with women they barely know, women who might be looking for a payday pregnancy.

I take exception to this ... "Real Men" are faithful to their wives and "significant others" and don't have sex with any and every "babe" who flashes a sexy smile ( or whatever body parts the choose )

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Man indicted in death of Peterson's son
Updated Oct 21, 2013 1:47 PM ET

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A South Dakota man accused in the death of the young son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges, prosecutors said Monday.

Joseph Robert Patterson, 27, is expected to be arraigned later this week in the death of 2-year-old Tyrese Robert Ruffin, who died two days after being hospitalized with severe head injuries. Investigators allege that Patterson, the boyfriend of the child's mother, assaulted Tyrese on Oct. 9 while the two were alone in a Sioux Falls apartment.

Patterson was indicted by a grand jury on Friday, Lincoln County state's attorney Tom Wollman said. He was initially jailed on charges of aggravated assault and aggravated battery, though prosecutors pursued more serious charges after the boy's death. A second-degree murder conviction carries a mandatory life sentence, while first-degree manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

The charges accuse Patterson of intentionally or recklessly injuring Tyrese by causing brain damage or bleeding of the skull, from blows, shaking or making the boy's head hit an object or surface. Patterson's attorney, Tim Rensch, said his client is ''absolutely and totally not guilty.'' Rensch said he could not yet discuss the case in detail because he hadn't received all of the paperwork.

Peterson, who has said he found out the boy was his son only about two months ago, had been working with Tyrese's mother to arrange a meeting with the boy when he received a call that the child was hospitalized with severe injuries. Peterson said he raced to South Dakota and saw Tyrese for the first time a day before he died. Peterson returned to Sioux Falls on Wednesday to attend Tyrese's funeral.

Lincoln County court records show a July 2012 protection order was taken out against Patterson, in which he had to stay 1,000 feet away from a former girlfriend, their son and her two other boys for five years. The woman told the court that Patterson spanked her 3-year-old son's bare bottom until it had welts after hearing the boy acted up at church. The woman asked the court to drop the protection order two months later, saying she wanted their son to be raised by both his mother and father.

Prosecutors also are asking a judge to withdraw a suspended sentence Patterson received for a 2012 domestic assault conviction, saying he violated the deal that required him to show no violent, threatening or assaultive behavior for three years. A hearing on that motion is scheduled for Oct. 30.

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