Police and prosecutors confirmed this afternoon that a 37-year-old woman who was punched and beaten with a stick in a domestic-violence incident during the weekend has died of her injuries.Linda Begay died Tuesay at Stormont-Vail hospital in Topeka. Her boyfriend of six years, Christopher Belone, has been charged with second-degree murder, kidnapping and obstruction. Belone is being housed in the Douglas County Jail with bond set at $60,000, but that is likely to increase as a result of the added murder charge.Dist. Atty. Charles Branson and Police Chief Ron Olin announced the charges during a press conference. Begay’s kindergarten-aged son has been taken into protective custody. Police said they were called to Gaslight Village, 1900 W. 31st St., shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday after Begay went to an acquaintance’s trailer, drank alcohol, went to sleep, and awoke to Belone beating her and dragging her out of bed. He beat her with a stick and dragged her to a car, but she was able to escape and call for help, police said.Police arrested Belone later in the day Saturday after finding him involved in an unrelated altercation in the 200 block of West 10th Street. The kidnapping charge stems from him allegedly pulling Begay into the car during the beating. Belone, 35, a manual laborer who has previously worked at a forklift service and at Amarr Garage Door Group, has a history of substance-abuse problems and violent crime. At the time of Saturday’s incident, he was under an order not to have contact with Begay becaguse of a June 24 incident in which he was charged with battering her and another man. He was convicted of making a criminal threat for a case in 2004 in which he was kicked out of the Phoggy Dog bar near 21st and Iowa Streets and threatened to come back and kill people with an AK-47.In June 2003, he was charged with aggravated battery against Begay, but the charge was dismissed for lack of probable cause. He was convicted of battery on a law enforcement officer for the same incident and ordered to probation. In November 2001, according to a police report, a man suffered “multiple facial injuries and lacerations” after being beaten and kicked by Belone, who was upset because the man had contact with his girlfriend- apparently Begay, who was listed as a witness in the case. Belone was charged with aggravated battery, but the charges were reduced to simple battery as part of a plea agreement. He also was charged with domestic battery against Begay around the same time, but that charge was dismissed. Belone also has a 1996 conviction in New Mexico for aggravated DUI. He previously has been ordered to undergo anger-management therapy and substance-abuse treatment. “He reports the majority of his criminal history stems from continued alcohol abuse,” a probation officer wrote last year.-Contributed by [Eric Weslander.][1] [1]: www2.ljworld.com/staff/eric_weslander