Uploaded April 2010 | Updated September 2026, 12 hours ago
The parents of a Mid-Michigan woman whose 4-year-old son was beaten to death say their daughter could have done more to save the boy's life.
Police say Dominick Calhoun was tortured and beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend, Brandon Hayes. Tuesday, 25 year old Corrine Baker turned herself in to face charges stemming from a 2007 drug charge.
Julie and Martin Baker say they are relieved to hear their daughter is behind bars. They believe Baker had the chance to let someone know about the beatings but never did.
Sitting in a room full of family pictures, Julie and Martin Baker never thought the photos of their grandson would be their last memories of him.
"We just miss him so much every day of our lives. We are going to miss that little boy," said grandmother Julie Baker.
Police say Dominick was beaten to death and tortured over several days by Hayes at their Argentine Township apartment.
The Bakers say their daughter is partly to blame for Calhoun's death.
"Our little angel would still be here. I'll say this until the day I die, all she had to say is one word," Baker said.
The Bakers say they picked up Corrine Baker at the apartment as the beatings were occurring.
"If there was any indication at all, all she had to say, 'Dad' and point, and he would have gotten out of that car and up those stairs in five seconds flat. And he would have been in that apartment on this Friday morning," Baker said.
"We were talking with her. She was all happy and smiling and talking to Brandon on the phone," Martin said.
They say they talked to her again the next day. There was still no cry for help.
"She called us on Saturday and we called her back, and that's the last time we heard from her," Martin said.
The parents of a Mid-Michigan woman whose 4-year-old son was beaten to death say their daughter could have done more to save the boy's life.
Police say Dominick Calhoun was tortured and beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend, Brandon Hayes. Tuesday, 25 year old Corrine Baker turned herself in to face charges stemming from a 2007 drug charge.
Julie and Martin Baker say they are relieved to hear their daughter is behind bars. They believe Baker had the chance to let someone know about the beatings but never did.
Sitting in a room full of family pictures, Julie and Martin Baker never thought the photos of their grandson would be their last memories of him.
"We just miss him so much every day of our lives. We are going to miss that little boy," said grandmother Julie Baker.
Police say Dominick was beaten to death and tortured over several days by Hayes at their Argentine Township apartment.
The Bakers say their daughter is partly to blame for Calhoun's death.
"Our little angel would still be here. I'll say this until the day I die, all she had to say is one word," Baker said.
The Bakers say they picked up Corrine Baker at the apartment as the beatings were occurring.
"If there was any indication at all, all she had to say, 'Dad' and point, and he would have gotten out of that car and up those stairs in five seconds flat. And he would have been in that apartment on this Friday morning," Baker said.
"We were talking with her. She was all happy and smiling and talking to Brandon on the phone," Martin said.
They say they talked to her again the next day. There was still no cry for help.
"She called us on Saturday and we called her back, and that's the last time we heard from her," Martin said.
