Anastasia Nicolazzi

At the very same time, Billy puts Logan's tiny unconscious body back into his truck and speeds off towards town.

At the very same time, Billy puts Logan's tiny unconscious body back into his truck and speeds off towards town.

But when the officer approached Billy's truck, he immediately realized that this was no ordinary traffic stop.

But when the officer approached Billy's truck, he immediately realized that this was no ordinary traffic stop.

Logan was eventually rushed to the local hospital, but there was nothing EMS or doctors could do to save him. The seven-month-old was pronounced dead less than an hour after Billy's call to the child's mother.

Logan was eventually rushed to the local hospital, but there was nothing EMS or doctors could do to save him. The seven-month-old was pronounced dead less than an hour after Billy's call to the child's mother.

Billy lived in a small mobile home on a property cluttered with old appliances and farm equipment. And next to this mobile home was a small wooden shed that for all intents and purposes served as Billy's garage.

Billy lived in a small mobile home on a property cluttered with old appliances and farm equipment. And next to this mobile home was a small wooden shed that for all intents and purposes served as Billy's garage.

This horse trough looked like a large galvanized steel tub or garden container that was about three feet high and about four feet long. According to Billy, he placed Logan into the steel tub with just a few inches of water at the bottom. Then he did what every caretaker is told never to do. He walked away.

This horse trough looked like a large galvanized steel tub or garden container that was about three feet high and about four feet long. According to Billy, he placed Logan into the steel tub with just a few inches of water at the bottom. Then he did what every caretaker is told never to do. He walked away.

The incident is not unlike so many horrific stories of accidental drownings that can occur in any household with a small child. In fact, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says that every year, 90 children drown inside the home, and two-thirds of those occur in a bathtub.

The incident is not unlike so many horrific stories of accidental drownings that can occur in any household with a small child. In fact, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says that every year, 90 children drown inside the home, and two-thirds of those occur in a bathtub.

There was, however, visible evidence that the seven-month-old had suffered a head injury.

There was, however, visible evidence that the seven-month-old had suffered a head injury.

In other words, Logan had died not from drowning in the tub, but from blunt force trauma to the head, which had caused his tiny skull to fracture and his brain to hemorrhage.

In other words, Logan had died not from drowning in the tub, but from blunt force trauma to the head, which had caused his tiny skull to fracture and his brain to hemorrhage.

On July 4th, 2016, tragedy struck in the tiny town of LaGrange, Texas, where seven-month-old Logan Atkins was rushed to the hospital with injuries he sustained at the home of a babysitter.

On July 4th, 2016, tragedy struck in the tiny town of LaGrange, Texas, where seven-month-old Logan Atkins was rushed to the hospital with injuries he sustained at the home of a babysitter.

The medical examiner concluded that Logan's injuries were likely the result of a recent and deliberate blunt force trauma. And Texas Rangers were called in to investigate not an accident, but a homicide.

The medical examiner concluded that Logan's injuries were likely the result of a recent and deliberate blunt force trauma. And Texas Rangers were called in to investigate not an accident, but a homicide.