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Infant's Death In DC Due To Fentanyl Intoxication Ruled A Homicide: MPD Infant's Death In DC Due To Fentanyl Intoxication Ruled A Homicide: MPD
Infant's Death In DC Due To Fentanyl Intoxication Ruled A Homicide: MPD Months after 2-month old Amiri Royal Bynum was found unconscious and later died, her death is being investigated as a homicide, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Late in the morning on Monday, May 27, officers were called to an apartment in the 1400 block of Newton Street NW, where there was an unconscious infant. She was rushed by DC Fire and EMS personnel to an area hospital where she would later die.  This week, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia determined the infant died from fentanyl/methamphetamine intoxication. Her death …

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by Zak Failla
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7-Month-Old Child's Death In Southeast DC Determined To Be A Homicide 7-Month-Old Child's Death In Southeast DC Determined To Be A Homicide
7-Month-Old Child's Death In Southeast DC Determined To Be A Homicide An infant's death has been ruled a homicide in Southeast DC, the Metropolitan Police Department announced on Wednesday afternoon. Shortly after 2:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 16, officers from the Seventh District were called to the 1300 block of Morris Road SE, where there were calls about an unconscious infant inside a home. Upon arrival, they found 7-month-old King Phelps, who was pronounced dead at the scene by DC Fire and EMS personnel after showing no signs of life. Phelps' body was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia, which ruled that the chi…

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by Zak Failla