Girl, 8, suspected of killing one-year-old boy 'to deal with his crying' while unsupervised at day care centre
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An eight-year-old girl is suspected of killing a one-year-old boy at a day centre while left unsupervised.
Chief of Police Jeffrey Lewis in Muskegon, Michigan, said the investigation into the death of Korey Brown is "one of the saddest I've ever seen".
Korey's mother Bryanna Reasonover had dropped him and three other siblings at Keysha Keeper Daycare to be looked after last Thursday evening while she worked overnight.
An emergency call was made at 6.15am on Friday morning after Korey was found unresponsive.
Paramedics arrived but Korey could not be saved and was declared dead at 8am.
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A cause of death has not yet been established, police said.
But it is believed an unidentified 8-year-old girl was left alone with Korey for a period of time.
The toddler became upset and started crying and the girl intervened.
Her actions led to the boy's death, police believe.
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Chief Lewis said the only witness to what happened is another five-year-old child.
Prosecutors are investigating and may eventually file charges against staff at the day care centre.
Heartbroken mother Ms Reasonover told WZZM13 her children had only begun staying at the centre three weeks ago.
"It's very frustrating to not know what happened, to know that he was suffering when all he probably wanted was his mommy," Reasonover told the news channel.