WACO (October 9, 2009)—State District Judge Matt Johnson imposed a gag order Friday in the case of Christopher Mack, 22, of Waco, who’s charged with capital murder in the June beating death of his 5-year-old nephew Sinsear Jaywon Kirvin of Mexia.

The McLennan County Grand Jury handed up indictments in August against Mack charging capital murder and three counts of injury of a child.

Grand jurors indicted Mack’s girlfriend, Andrea Shante Thomas, 24, on three counts of injury to a child.

Johnson imposed the gag order during a brief meeting Friday morning with prosecutors and defense attorneys.

Another pretrial hearing in the case was scheduled for Nov. 20.

The boy was beaten with a belt and suffered bruises, abrasions and lacerations to his head, arms, front, back, and legs in June at an apartment on East Crest Drive in Lacy-Lakeview that Mack and Thomas shared.

His 3- and 4-year-old brothers were injured.

The 4-year-old did not require hospital treatment.

According to an arrest affidavit, Mack got a ride to the Providence Health Center emergency room from a friend and took Sinsear and his brother to the hospital.

Sinsear was pronounced dead at the hospital and according to the arrest affidavit medical personnel told police he had been dead for an hour before he arrived at the hospital.

The hospital notified police of the injuries.