Police Investigate Suspicious Death Of 13-Month-Old

MILWAUKEE, WI — Police in Milwaukee say Milwaukee's first homicide case of 2020 involves a 13-month-old boy, and that a person wanted in connection with the crime has turned himself in.

At just after 7 p.m. on Jan. 1, Milwaukee Police were sent to a home on the 4300 block of N. 25th St to investigate the death of a 13-month-old boy. According to police, the boy was found at about 7 p.m. Wednesday inside his home on Milwaukee's north side.

During the course of the investigation, police said the death was determined to be suspicious, and police began immediately seeking a known person who may have been involved in the crime.

According to a WISN 12 report, the boy's grandmother said the suspect claimed the boy fell down, but when she looked at him, she said he appeared to have been beaten. It was the boy's grandmother who discovered his unresponsive body first. WISN also learned that a former boyfriend of the 13-month-old's mother had been watching the child while she was working.

On Thursday afternoon, Milwaukee police said a person wanted in connection with the crime has turned himself in. Authorities have yet to issue charges in the case, though they are expected in the coming days.