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Doctors removed a 4-month-old baby from life support Saturday night, and now his father is charged with his murder.App Users: Watch mobile videoFamily members described 4-month-old Jayceon Chrystie as a happy and healthy baby boy.They want to see that his father, Daniel Cox, gets the maximum punishment for the crime police said he committed.Police said Jayceon was beaten by Cox as he drove on South Dixie Hwy.“You just can't imagine someone beating a child like that while they are driving,” Dena Stevenson said.Stevenson, her husband and her daughter were among those traveling behind Cox on Thursday."He would hit the child. Turn around and bounce to his music. Twist his hat and hit the child again," she said.Stevenson and her husband were concerned for the child and so they called 911."He was hitting hard, swinging hard and, you know … he was literally hitting the baby in his head or in his chest or something,” Stevenson said.According to court records obtained by WLKY, Cox dropped Jayceon off in the driveway of the mother's home on Franklin Court in Radcliff, he was not breathing and he did not have a pulse.Doctors said Jayceon's left eye was swollen, he suffered swelling to his head and his right cheek and they noticed bruising on his butt and back.Jayceon was his mother's only child.Family members said Cox did not live with Jayceon.Cox told them he was taking the baby to visit one of his children for about an hour.Cox has been charged with child abuse and murder.His bond is set at $600,000.He will be back in court Monday morning.Read original report here.