6-year-old Georgetown boy who was attacked by a neighbor with baseball bat dies Tuesday

Jeremy Diaz, a 6-year-old Georgetown boy who spent weeks in the hospital after he was attacked by a neighbor with a baseball bat, died on Tuesday morning, his dad wrote in a GoFundMe post.

Arturo Diaz, Jeremy's father, said that he went to check on the boy this morning when he noticed that his face was pale, his eyes weren't moving and his heart stopped. Arturo Diaz said hospital staff members tried to resuscitate him but were not successful.

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"He fought for over 60 days and was improving, but at the end, the odds seemed against him and he gave up the ghost," Arturo Diaz's post reads. "The last night before we were plunged into this nightmare, Jeremy told me that he had brushed his teeth and was ready for reading and bed. He took me by the hand and led me to his room. When we were done reading, the last thing he said was, 'papa, watch me cover myself.' Today I covered his face for the last time. I was there when he took his first breath and saw him take his last - no parent should see their children buried before them."

Jeremy suffered serious brain injuries after neighbor Daniel Logan broke into the Diaz family's home and hit him with a baseball bat Sept. 11, according to a copy of Logan's arrest affidavit. The injury caused Jeremy's brain to swell, and he's been in the hospital ever since. Logan also hit his own mother in the face with the bat, according to the affidavit.

Asked about Logan's motive, Williamson County Sheriff Mike Gleason said he believed Logan was experiencing a mental health crisis.

Logan, 39, was charged with felony aggravated assault and intentionally causing serious bodily injury to a child. He was found incompetent to stand trial on Oct. 5, according to Williamson County court records. A mental health hearing is scheduled for Nov. 28, the records said.

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Jeremy's loved ones set up a GoFundMe page to help pay for his medical expenses and rehabilitation after the incident and, as of Tuesday, had raised over $310,000.

Staff writer Claire Osborn contributed reporting.

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