During a Thursday hearing, family mourned the loss of the "bright and joyful" victim, Eastyn Deronjic, while describing the betrayal and anguish the boy's killer, Mason Garza, had inflicted.

He is charged with 2nd degree murder without intent in the death of Eastyn Deronjic. Deronjic died at Sanford Hospital following a 911 call from an apartment on Belsly Boulevard last March.

“Somebody has to be charged and somebody held responsible for Eastyn’s death,” his grandmother, Adisa Deronjic, said during a march in June. Originally Published: July 8, 2024 at 10:24 PM CDT ...

Mason Garza of Moorhead pleaded guilty to second-degree murder today in the death of 3-year-old Eastyn Deronjic, admitting to using “unnecessary force” against the child. Garza and co-defendant Shiann ...

Eastyn Deronjic died at Sanford Hospital after a 911 call from an apartment on Belsly Boulevard on March 18. Court documents say officers who responded to the scene noted that the child appeared ...

Erickson's next hearing is Thursday, Oct. 10. An autopsy found that Eastyn Deronjic, 3, of Moorhead, died of assault and blunt force trauma.

The victim, Eastyn James Deronjic, was outgoing and loved to play with his Nerf Guns, according to his obituary.

Three-year-old Eastyn Deronjic had been vomiting and almost passing out for nearly two days, but he never went to the hospital, Minnesota police told news outlets. In the early hours of March 18 ...

Two caregivers were charged with murder in connection with a 3-year-old boy’s death caused by 28 blunt force injuries, Minnesota cops said. Screengrab from Eastyn Deronjic's obituary Three-year ...

Three-year-old Eastyn Deronjic had been vomiting and almost passing out for nearly two days, but he never went to the hospital, Minnesota police told news outlets. In the early hours of March 18 ...

Two caregivers were charged with murder in connection with a 3-year-old boy’s death caused by 28 blunt force injuries, Minnesota cops said. Screengrab from Eastyn Deronjic's obituary Three-year ...