ELKHART, Ind. — A northern Indiana couple were arrested after their six-year-old child died on Sunday.

According to the Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office , on Aug. 3, a six-year-old boy was taken to Elkhart General Hospital after the boy's father and stepmother claimed he "hit himself" and became unresponsive.

Medical personnel at the hospital noted that the boy's injuries were not consistent with self-inflicted injuries. Police say the boy suffered a traumatic brain injury and a punctured lung.

As police investigated, they discovered the mother, a 27-year-old Elkhart woman, had complained to the father, a 29-year-old Elkhart man, about the boy's behavior.

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Police also learned the father a

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