Raj'saun Tyrik Brown | Homicide Watch DChttp://homicidewatch.org/victims/rajsaun-tyrik-brown/Latest news about Raj'saun Tyrik Brownen-usFri, 14 Nov 2014 23:05:21 -0500Tyrik Brown Charged in Death of One-Month-Old Sonhttp://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/14/tyrik-brown-charged-in-death-of-one-month-old-son/<p>Judge Karen Howze ordered <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/suspects/tyrik-lamont-brown/">Tyrik Lamont Brown</a> held Friday on suspicion of first-degree felony murder in connection to the October beating death of <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/victims/rajsaun-tyrik-brown/">Raj’saun Tyrik Brown</a>.</p> <p>Police <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/02/abandoned-infant-dies-ruled-homicide/">found</a> the infant in the 1700 block of Trenton Place Southeast unconscious and suffering from multiple injuries in the morning of Oct. 29. He died at a local hospital. Brown, 19, was <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/13/father-of-infant-rajsaun-tyrik-brown-arrested-for-murder/">arrested</a> on November 13. </p> <p>According to charging documents, the infant's mother told police that day she woke up the child at 8 a.m. to change his diaper and feed him. Afterwards, he was "smiling, awake, and fine," according to the mother. She told police that thirty minutes later she laid the baby on a pillow in bed next to his father, who was asleep, documents say. <span id="more-25994"></span></p> <p>She said the one-month-old was quiet before she left to go to work. Court documents say that around 8:57 a.m., the mother received a series of text messages from Brown telling her that he'd cut the child with his fingernail while changing his diaper, that the child had milk coming from his nose, and had become unresponsive. The mother told Brown to call 911 and she herself contacted police.</p> <p>In an interview, Brown told police the infant began crying the moment his mother brought him into the room, documents say. He said the baby was "crying loud." and woke him up from a light sleep. </p> <p>According to charging documents, the father then fed the child, not knowing the mother fed him earlier, and when he began to burp him, the child coughed up milk. Brown told police he placed the infant on the bed and he sounded like he was "crying himself to sleep." He then noticed the baby breathing heavily, so he called the mother and then 911, documents state. </p> <p>At the hospital, after seeing the child's bruises, the mother told police they were not present before she left for work. </p> <p>Brown is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 17 at 9:30 a.m. before Judge Rhonda Reid Winston.</p> <p><em>Charging documents are below:</em></p> <script src='http://s3.documentcloud.org/viewer/loader.js'></script> <script> DV.load('http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1361843-tyrik-brown-charging-documents.js', { width: 500, height: 600, sidebar: false, text: true, pdf: true, container: '#DV-viewer-1361843-tyrik-brown-charging-documents' }); </script> Imari WilliamsFri, 14 Nov 2014 23:05:21 -0500http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/14/tyrik-brown-charged-in-death-of-one-month-old-son/Raj'saun Tyrik BrownTyrik Lamont BrownFather of Infant Raj'saun Tyrik Brown Arrested for Murderhttp://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/13/father-of-infant-rajsaun-tyrik-brown-arrested-for-murder/<p><a href="http://homicidewatch.org/suspects/tyrik-lamont-brown/">Tyrik Lamont Brown</a> has been arrested for the death of one-month-old <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/victims/rajsaun-tyrik-brown/">Raj'saun Tyrik Brown</a>, who died of multiple blunt force injuries two weeks ago, according to MPD.</p> <p>Tyrik Lamont Brown, 19, is the child's father, <a href="http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2014/11/13/arrest-made-murder-one-month-old-infant-dc/18992649/">WUSA reports</a>. He is suspected of first degree felony murder, police say.<br /> <span id="more-25963"></span></p> <p>The infant was unconscious when police found him the morning of October 29. He died after being taken to a hospital.</p> <p><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/father-charged-with-fatally-beating-infant-son-in-southeast-washington/2014/11/13/9735aaa8-6b84-11e4-9fb4-a622dae742a2_story.html">The Washington Post adds:</a></p> <blockquote><p> Little about the infant could be learned. No one was home on two visits to the apartment in Southeast Washington where the incident occurred. At another address listed by the father, about a mile away, a woman who identified herself as the father's grandmother said she had never seen the infant and declined to comment further. </p></blockquote> <p>MPD's full press release is below:</p> <blockquote><p> Arrest Made in the Homicide: 1700 Block of Trenton Place Southeast</p> <p>(Washington, DC) – )- Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the homicide which occurred in the 1700 block of Trenton Place, Southeast.</p> <p>On Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at approximately 9:40 am, officers from the Seventh District responded to a call for an unconscious child in the 1700 block of Trenton Place, Southeast. Upon arrival, they located an unconscious infant male. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia determined that the decedent suffered multiple blunt force impact injuries and the death was ruled a homicide.</p> <p>The decedent has been identified as 1-month-old Raj’saun Tyrik Brown, of Southeast, Washington, DC.</p> <p>On Thursday, November 13, 2014, at approximately 11:55 am, 19 year-old Tyrik Lamont Brown of Southeast, Washington, DC, was arrested by members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force, pursuant to a District of Columbia Superior Court arrest warrant charging him with First Degree Felony Murder in connection to the homicide of Raj’saun Tyrik Brown.</p> </blockquote> Chris AmicoThu, 13 Nov 2014 19:22:12 -0500http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/13/father-of-infant-rajsaun-tyrik-brown-arrested-for-murder/Raj'saun Tyrik BrownTyrik Lamont BrownComment of the Day: "I just don't understand how can people be so cruel"http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/03/comment-of-the-day-i-just-dont-understand-how-can-people-be-so-cruel/<p>Reader <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/02/abandoned-infant-dies-ruled-homicide/#comment-1674201622">dabest</a> writes in about <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/victims/rajsaun-tyrik-brown/">Raj'saun Tyrik Brown</a>, a one-month-old whose death was ruled a homicide over the weekend:</p> <blockquote><p> I'm angry and crying I didn't even know this baby I am just sick and tired of reading about how bad our babies are being treated I just don't understand how can people be so cruel smh </p></blockquote> Chris AmicoMon, 03 Nov 2014 12:42:25 -0500http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/03/comment-of-the-day-i-just-dont-understand-how-can-people-be-so-cruel/Raj'saun Tyrik BrownOne-Month-Old Infant Dies, Ruled Homicidehttp://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/02/abandoned-infant-dies-ruled-homicide/<p><iframe src="http://homicidewatch.org/api/v1/homicides/424.html" width="100%" height="350" frameborder=0></iframe></p> <p>The death of an infant found unconscious Wednesday has been ruled a homicide, police announced Sunday.</p> <p>Police found one-month-old <a href="http://homicidewatch.org/victims/rajsaun-tyrik-brown/">Raj'saun Tyrik Brown</a> in the 1700 block of Trenton Place Southeast. He was taken to a local hospital, where he died.</p> <p>A medical examiner found that the child "suffered multiple blunt force impact injuries," police said. No suspects have been named.</p> <p>The full MPD statement is below: <span id="more-25738"></span></p> <blockquote><p> (Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch are investigating a homicide which occurred in the 1700 block of Trenton Place, Southeast.</p> <p>On Wednesday, October 29, 2014, at approximately 9:40 am, officers from the Seventh District responded to a call for an unconscious child in the 1700 block of Trenton Place, Southeast. Upon arrival, they located an unconscious infant male. DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services personnel transported the victim to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for the District of Columbia determined that the decedent suffered multiple blunt force impact injuries and the death was ruled a homicide.</p> <p>The decedent has been identified as 1-month-old Raj'saun Tyrik Brown, of Southeast, Washington, DC.</p> <p>The Metropolitan Police Department currently offers a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information which leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons wanted for any homicide committed in the District of Columbia. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the police at (202) 727-9099. Additionally, anonymous information may be submitted to the department’s TEXT TIP LINE by text messaging 50411. </p></blockquote> <p><em>Correction: The headline of this post has been updated to remove the word "abandoned."</em></p> Chris AmicoSun, 02 Nov 2014 17:18:47 -0500http://homicidewatch.org/2014/11/02/abandoned-infant-dies-ruled-homicide/Raj'saun Tyrik Brown