At around 3 a.m., police and emergency services responded to a call that a child was unresponsive in Petersburg, Virginia.
A 2-year-old boy was transported to the hospital where he later died. Police said there was blood coming out of the child’s nose and mouth when they found him.
The child, who was only identified as a boy by police, died of blunt force trauma to the head.
The boy’s mother, 29-year-old Sadia Dewese, and her boyfriend, 27-year-old Jaytrez Mason, were arrested and both were charged with felony murder and child neglect. Mason is also charged with possession of a firearm by a violent felon.
Dewese and Mason are both being held without bond. It is not immediately clear if either has retained an attorney or entered a plea.
