RawNews1st – Deputies responded just before 11 p.m. the 43400 block of 57th Street West in Lancaster, California, on a medical rescue call.
When they arrived, deputies found a victim described only as a “male juvenile” suffering from a “laceration to the neck.”
The juvenile died at a hospital, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner reported.
The victim was identified as 3-year-old David Hernandez.
Sheriff’s officials were investigating the death as a homicide. Allegedly, David was found in a bathtub with his throat cut.
The body was found by a family friend who went to the home at the request of one of David’s relatives.
The Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department said in a news release that 39-year-old Rena Naulls was transported to the hospital after allegedly attempting to take his own life at the scene.
Investigators said Naulls is the live-in boyfriend of the victim’s mother and named him “a person of interest” in the case. Naulls was admitted to the hospital and listed in stable condition.
Naulls is now in custody with no bail.
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