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Loved ones attend funeral for 4-year-old boy who Jacksonville police say was murdered

The visitation and funeral for James Reese Jr. were held Tuesday. (WJXT)

MIDDLEBURG, Fla. – Loved ones gathered Tuesday to pay their respects to a 4-year-old boy who Jacksonville police said was murdered.

The visitation and funeral for James Reese Jr. took place at Holly Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park on Old Jennings Road.

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Reese was brought to Wolfson Children’s Hospital on April 15 for a broken collarbone, and doctors found head injuries too, Cristopher Nastasi, the boy’s uncle, told News4Jax.

Nastasi said the boy died April 21 from his injuries.

According to a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office database, the incident that caused the boy’s death occurred April 15, but the death was not determined to be a murder until April 22.

No arrests have been announced.

James Reese Jr.

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