Friday, July 23, 2010

Newport News man charged in death of 1-year-old

Newport News man charged in death of 1-year-old
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Newport News police investigating child's death - Jul. 21

By Lauren King
The Virginian-Pilot
© July 23, 2010
NEWPORT NEWS

Police have charged a 22-year-old man in the death of a 17-month-old boy who was found dead Tuesday evening.

Darius Orlando Brown of Newport News was charged with murder and four counts of malicious assault, a Newport News police news release said. He was being held at the city jail.

At 4:34 p.m. Tuesday, police were called to the 600 block of Aqua Vista Drive and found the 17-month-old boy in a bedroom. He was unresponsive and had signs of trauma on his body, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police said the boy's cause of death was head trauma with blunt force abdominal trauma as a contributing factor.

The boy’s mother was not home at the time, police said. The boy and his 5-year-old sister were being cared for by Brown, the mother’s boyfriend.
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