Crime & Safety

Ramona Boy Who Died Was Shaken Baby Syndrome Victim

The child's father is reported to be serving prison time.

A 6-year-old boy who had been left severely disabled by parental abuse as an infant died at his adoptive family's North County home Tuesday, authorities reported.

Emergency crews were called to the house on Olive Avenue in Ramona about
12:30 a.m. and pronounced the child dead at the scene, according to sheriff's
Lt. Larry Nesbit. The boy's name was not immediately released.

Investigators learned that the youngster had been a victim of abuse in
the city of San Diego in early 2005, Nesbit said. The lieutenant declined to
elaborate.

Citing statements by the child's adoptive sister, KGTV reported that he had been left with severe disabilities, including blindness, by shaken-baby syndrome as a newborn, and was bedridden and under hospice care when he died in his sleep.

The sibling told the news station the boy's father is serving prison time for the abuse. The man's name was not immediately available.

An autopsy will determine the cause of the child's death, Nesbit said.

—City News Service report.


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