Aunt And Uncle Arrested And Charged In Death Of 15-Year-Old Hezekiah Pettiford, Police Say

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Baltimore constabulary arrested the aunt and uncle of 15-year-old Hezekiah Pettiford, who died successful January aft suffering caput injuries and going into cardiac arrest, and charged them with execution and manslaughter successful their nephew’s death.

Detectives arrested 32 year-old Stefanie Colon and 44 year-old Dion Ball Sr. connected Sept. 10 and transported them to the Central Booking Intake Facility.

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On Jan. 26, constabulary were called to Johns Hopkins Hospital astir 3:10 p.m. for a imaginable kid maltreatment case. Pettiford was unresponsive astatine the time, and doctors told constabulary that the boy, who lived successful the 800 artifact of McAleer Court, had been taken to the infirmary and was successful cardiac arrest.

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He died 2 days later.

The Medical Examiner’s bureau determined that Pettiford’s decease was caused by blunt unit trauma to his head, and the lawsuit was ruled a homicide.

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An apprehension warrant was issued for Colon and Ball connected Aug. 30.

CBS Baltimore Staff