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Document: Suspect Arrested in 11-month-old’s Death

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrested a suspect for first-degree murder – felony murder and first-degree cruelty to children in the death of 11 month-old Makenzie Anderson.

The homicide happened Feb. 6 on the 1600 block of New York Avenue, NE, according to a press release.

At around 2:56 p.m. that day, MPD members were notified of an infant that was transported to an area hospital with multiple life threatening injuries, from which she ultimately died. The cause of death was determined to be blunt force trauma.

Tyra Anderson, 27, was arrested on Dec. 4.

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