Document: Medical Examiner Rules 3 Month Old’s Death A Homicide

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The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the death of a 3-month-old infant in Southeast DC.

According to a press release, on March 16 officers responded to reports of an unconscious infant inside a residence on the 4300 block of G Street, SE. Skylar Newman was transported to a local hospital where she succumbed to her injuries on March 19.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the District of Columbia ruled the death as a homicide by blunt force trauma.

Police are offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in this case or any other homicide in DC. Anyone with information should call the police at 202-727-9099.  Anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE — 50411.



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