Authorities have launched the identification of a 3-year-old boy who was killed in his Lancaster residence on Tuesday night time and described his mom’s boyfriend as an individual of curiosity within the brutal slaying.
The toddler, David Hernandez, was discovered along with his throat minimize within the 43400 block of 57th Road W when deputies arrived round 10:55 p.m., officers stated. He was pronounced useless at an area hospital.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reported his method of demise as murder and trigger as “an incised wound of the neck.”
The Sheriff’s Division stated in a information launch that Rena Naulls, 39, of Lancaster, was transported to the hospital after allegedly trying to take his personal life on the scene.
Investigators stated Naulls is the live-in boyfriend of the sufferer’s mom and named him “an individual of curiosity” within the case. Naulls was admitted to the hospital and listed in steady situation, police stated.
The Occasions beforehand reported {that a} supply with information of the investigation who was not licensed to talk publicly stated a household good friend went to the home on the behest of one of many boy’s kin, discovered the kid along with his throat slit in a bath and referred to as 911.
Three of the kid’s older siblings, ages 9, 11 and 14, have been unhurt and brought into protecting custody by the Division of Kids and Household Companies, in keeping with the supply and the Sheriff’s Division. The Occasions reported that the household had no prior contacts with the Division of Kids and Household Companies.
No arrests have been made.
