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D.C. Witness Staff
- September 28, 2023
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The Metropolitan Police Department’s (MPD) Homicide Branch is investigating an infant death that was ruled a homicide. The incident occurred on Feb. 11 on the 4000 block of Massachusetts Avenue, NW.
According to MPD documents, officers responded to the location for the report of an unconscious infant, where they located an unconscious and unresponsive infant. He was transported to a hospital for the treatment of life-threatening injuries.
On Feb. 18, the infant succumbed to his injuries. The Office of the Medical Examiner ruled that the infant’s death was caused by complications of blunt force trauma and the manner of death as homicide.
The infant was identified as 5-month-old Kenneth Geo Walton.
MPD offers a reward to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for homicides.