Lincoln County (S.D.) State's Attorney Tom Wollman said the investigation of a man charged in the death of a 2-year-old son of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is ongoing and that he doesn't expect to file new charges until the probe is complete, perhaps early next week.
"We are continuing to gather reports at this point," Wollman said Tuesday.
Police released the name of the toddler, who prosecutors say was beaten by a caregiver last week.
Tyrese Robert Doohen was pronounced dead on Friday, two days after 27-year-old Joey Patterson called to report a choking in the south Sioux Falls apartment they shared with the boy's mother.
Patterson was later interviewed by police and charged with aggravated assault on an infant and aggravated assault.
On Friday, Peterson's father confirmed that Doohen was the running back's biological son. Peterson was in Sioux Falls visiting the boy Thursday, but returned to practice Friday and played Sunday against the Carolina Panthers.
Doohen's mother had only recently moved in with Patterson, police said last week.
Patterson remains in jail on a $750,000 cash bond. Wollman asked a judge last week to impose two suspended one-year jail terms on Patterson, who pleaded guilty last year to simple assault and a bond violation.
Those charges involved a previous girlfriend and her 3-year-old son in the summer of 2012. Patterson had spanked the boy so hard that he needed ice for his injuries, and he'd attacked the mother when she became upset about it.
He was charged for the bond violation in September after showing up at their house, Wollman said.
The nature of the injuries in last week's assault have not been released, but the assault on an infant charge involves an attack that causes bleeding on the brain caused by "blows, shaking or causing the infant's head to impact with an object or surface."
The SFPD released the name of the victim in last week's homicide Monday morning. Police spokesman Sam Clemens said the final autopsy results, which would include a final cause of death, could be weeks away.
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