Gerald Oglesby Beat His 5-year-old Son to Death
- Posted
- March 21, 2022
- 9:00 pm
On March 16, 2022, Gerald Oglesby beat his 5-year-old son to death after arguing about bedtime.
Gerald Oglesby, 33, called 911 and told the dispatcher that his 5-year-old son was unresponsive. He explained last time he saw him breathing was about 13 minutes before he placed the call. First responders arrived at Oglesby’s residence on the 700 block of Center Street in Henderson, Nevada and saw a child lying on a couch with obvious injuries to his face and torso. The first responders attempted lifesaving methods on the child, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The child was later identified as General Sema’j Oglesby.
According to an arrest complaint obtained by news outlets, earlier in the day, Oglesby saw his son watching something on television that he did not approve of. He used the cable wire to whip General, causing his chin to start bleeding.
Later in the day, Oglesby and his son were arguing about going to bed. Oglesby used a phone charger to whip him multiple times on his arms, backside, and jaw. He then punched him in the abdomen, which caused the child to have difficulty walking. General went and laid down on the couch, where he started throwing up. Oglesby told police he could tell by the color and smell of the throw up that something was not right.
Oglesby noticed that General was in distress, but he did not want to call for help; he did not think anyone would understand his punishment methods, and he did not want to lose custody.
Knowing General was in pain, Oglesby tried to comfort him by lying with him and rubbing his body, which made him realize General was unresponsive. Oglesby tried to see if a cold ice pop would get a reaction from his son, but it did not. When he realized General was not conscious, he tried to do CPR. Oglesby told police General took two fast breaths and stopped breathing; he knew he was dead. While waiting to call 911, he texted his sister and told her that he killed General by whipping him too hard.
A downstairs neighbor told police he has heard loud noises which she believed sounded like a body being thrown around. The woman reported the loud bangs went on for two hours.
The child’s mother had been fighting for custody since Oglesby had been awarded custody in February 2021.
Oglesby was charged with Open Murder. His next court date is April 3, 2022.
8 Comments
Mary
He needs to get the same treatment that poor baby boy got!! Then he should get prison, gen pop, for life with no parole. Period.
Mary A.Bradford
In this story I feel like that the son should been with the mother and not daddy because this boy shouldn’t be whipped like and the daddy should face a lot of charges for doing this to his son and for me it’s not okay to whipped your child with anything
Tammy Hamilton
😭😭😭
Sandra
I feel like you should be punished to the full extent. You might could have saved his life had you called the paramedics 13 minutes before his passing. But no you was trying to save your own butt. Throw book at him because he deserves it.
SATTOE
THIS IS BEGINNING TO THE NORM,IT SEEMS!GET MAD WITH YOUR KIDS?WHYNOT JUST KILL THEM?WHY NOT STARVE THEM TO DEATH?I THINK THAT SS SHOULD START INTENSIVE MONITERING ON ALL AT RISK KIDS!THEY SHOULD INTERVEIW ALL KIDS,AWAY FROM HOME AND SEPERATE FROM EACH OTHER,IF MORE THAN ONE!OUR FUTURE IS ONE THE BRINK OF DISSAPEARING!BY THE MAIN ONES THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO LOVE THEM.AND THE NEIGHBORS,DONT WANT TO GET INVOLVED!THIS MAY VERY WELL BE THEIR GRANDKIDS ONE DAY!YOU CAN MAKE ANONYMOUS PHONE CALLS!I JUST DONT GET IT!AND A CHILD,WILL LEAD THE WAY!!BUT NOT IN THIS WAY!!!SATTOE😩😢😭
Julissa Sookram
Men are the less developed of our species.
Shaternell
OMG this made tears come down my face as I’m reading this😖😤🥺LORD knows he NEEDs the same damn treatment he gave his son
Athena Rabon
I knew this baby and this sorry excuse for a father and he was afraid of his dad so what ever lies he is telling about him talking back or watching something he wasn’t supposed is absolutely false when he was at our house and his dad wasn’t around he wouldn’t eat anything watch anything or play the game without getting permission, I don’t know why anybody will post anything saying that he was arguing with his dad or watching anything he wasn’t even allowed to control the TV he would have never talked back. My baby lost his best friend and I can’t tell him why he can’t go see him, please put him in general pop so he can get what he deserves.