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Caught on camera, joseph gray pleads guilty to second-degree child abuse. >> it made it real hard for him to deny it. the tape closed this case, period. >> officer biddle wishes he could have this type of hard evidence in all his child abuse cases. unfortunately, these sad crimes most often take place behind closed doors, and biddle knows that well. he says he, too, was abused as a child. >> it took a toll on me. that's why i'm at the unit that i'm at. in my heart i thought i'm going to make a change for other kids. >> in his statement to police, joseph gray says he was also a victim of child ...

Unknown child and this man. >> it was a gruesome tape to see a little child get beat by a six-foot man. >> officer ben biddle is with detroit's child abuse unit. they quickly release the tape to the local media. >> be on the lookout for this man, caught on tape beating and kicking a very small baby boy. police want you to see the video to help find a child in danger. >> as biddle expects, the police are flooded with calls. >> once we aired it and once we showed what the child was going through, the citizens wanted to get this guy off the street. >> the response is overwhelming. after the story...

The video shows him striking the child repeatedly on the floor, stepping on the little boy's hands. then he coldly turns his back and walks away, leaving the child lying on the floor. despite everything that's happened, the little boy picks himself up and follows his abuser out of the door. when the video gets into the hands of detroit police, they are desperate to find this unknown child and this man. >> it was a gruesome tape to see a little child get beat by a six-foot man. >> officer ben biddle is with detroit's child abuse unit. they quickly release the tape to the local media. >> be on t...

>> the response is overwhelming. after the story airs on the 11:00 news, the suspect is arrested early the next morning. >> his name is joseph gray, and the little boy is his girlfriend's son. they'd been dating just a couple months. she was sitting outside in the car while the beating took place inside. police say they showed her the video for the first time. >> she saw the video, and she broke down crying. she's real distraught by what happened. >> with his cruel behavior caught on camera, joseph gray pleads guilty to second-degree child abuse. >> it made it real hard for him to deny it. the...

Child repeatedly on the floor, stepping on the little boy's hands. then he coldly turns his back and walks away, leaving the child lying on the floor. despite everything that's happened, the little boy picks himself up and follows his abuser out of the door. when the video gets into the hands of detroit police, they are desperate to find this unknown child and this man. >> it was a gruesome tape to see a little child get beat by a six-foot man. >> officer ben biddle is with detroit's child abuse unit. they quickly release the tape to the local media. >> be on the lookout for this man, caught o...