Man 'beats his neighbour, 6, with bat' leaving boy unconscious in hospital

21 September 2023 , 10:49

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Jeremy has been unconscious for over a week after the horrific attack (Image: GoFundMe)

A six-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten with a baseball bat by his 39-year-old neighbour has been unconscious in hospital for over a week.

Young Jeremy has suffered brain swelling and skull fractures following the brutal attack on September 11 at 5am. Daniel Logan, the accused, was arrested and charged with two first-degree felonies: injury to a child and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against a family member.

The second charge relates to another allegation - that he struck his own mother with the bat. After the attack, his mother is reported to have walked out of the child’s house shouting “Daniel is killing everyone inside” while dripping in blood. Daniel’s wife then called 911, according to the arrest affidavit.

Jeremy is an "awesome" kid, according to his father Arthur (GoFundMe)

Mr Logan’s wife explained to a detective that she heard loud banging noises when she woke up and soon realised her husband had left their home on Rock Mill Loop through the back door. When went out the backdoor, she saw a hole in the fence between her property and Jeremy’s family’s house - and that their glass back door had been smashed.

Daniel Logan has been arrested and charged with two first-class felonies (Williamson County Sheriff)

She heard screams from inside the house coming from her mother-in-law - Logan’s mother - and Jeremy’s mother. Logan’s mother came out of the house, bloodied and screaming for help.

Baby boy has spent his life in hospital as doctors are 'scared' to discharge him

Logan’s mother described to detectives how she saw her son go into next door’s home with a baseball bat, before following him inside and up to the second floor - where Jeremy was “slumped on the floor of an upstairs bedroom”, according to the authorities. As she continued to follow him, pleading him to stop, he turned around and hit her in the face with the bat.

Jeremy is recovering from brain swelling and skull fractures (GoFundMe)

The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office described the incident as a “random act” and revealed no motive for the terrible attack. Jeremy’s father, Arthur said he couldn’t comment on whether he knew his son’s attacker - as there is an open investigation.

A GoFundMe for Jeremy and his parents has raised over $200,000 for his medical care. An update posted by Arthur reads: “Jeremy remains in critical care, but he continues to show movement in all his limbs and is responding.”

He previously said of Jeremy: “He spoke fluent Chinese and was studying Chinese characters, played piano and was a role model, a hero to his younger brother. He is awesome.”

Alex Croft