An infant whom authorities suspect was killed by an 11-year-old girl died of blunt impact injuries to the head, neck, body, arms and legs, a medical examiner ruled Wednesday in declaring the death a homicide.
Two-month-old Zuri Whitehead was staying with a friend of her mother’s and the friend’s daughter in the Cleveland suburb of Wickliffe when the friend called 911 early Friday to report that the child was unconscious. Zuri died in surgery later that morning.
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The Associated Press is not naming the 11-year-old girl or her mother because of the girl’s age. It is rare in the U.S. for children that young to be involved in committing homicides. FBI statistics show that only 20 children 12 and under were accused of commiting homicides in 2012.
