Sentencing is scheduled May 31 for a Brown County, Kansas man charged with murdering his son.

Lee Davis IV pleaded guilty to amended charges of second-degree murder and felony child abuse last week.

His preliminary hearing on the original charges had been scheduled Tuesday in Hiawatha.

Davis, 27, also goes by the name of Jimmy Davis.

He was originally charged with first-degree murder for the death of Mekhi Patrick Dean Boone, age four, who was pronounced dead March 5.

Brown County District Judge James Patton will pronounce sentence May 31.