4 charged for 11-year-old Wylie boy’s death
Four people arrested as 11-year-old boy found dead
Four people were arrested in connection to the death of an 11-year-old boy in Wylie earlier this week.
WYLIE, Texas - Four people were arrested in connection to the death of an 11-year-old boy in Wylie earlier this week.
Wylie Child Death Investigation
What we know:
Paramedics were called to a home in the 1600 block of Long Meadow Road on Monday evening because of an unresponsive child.
Police say the 11-year-old boy had signs of physical abuse before his death.
The first responders gave boy CPR and rushed him to a local hospital. Despite their efforts, he was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Wylie police began investigating and ultimately obtained arrest warrants for 28-year-old Sadie Hope, 67-year-old Clifford Johnson, 46-year-old Eunice Johnson-Lightsey, and 30-year-old Sade Hope-Johnson York.
The four suspects are charged with injury to a child and abandoning and endangering a child.
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Wylie police say the suspects include the boy's grandfather, aunt and two cousins.
Other children who lived in the home were removed.
What we don't know:
Police did not release the other children's ages, or how many of them there were.
The child's exact cause of death is unknown.
What they're saying:
"The stories the families were giving us were inconsistent. There were physical injuries on the young man so that combination led us to dig deeper," said Sgt. Donald English with Wylie PD. "To see a young man lose his life from a family member, that’s disgusting. There were other kids in the house that possibly witnessed something and are stuck with this for the rest of their life."
The Source: The information in this story was provided by the Wylie Police Department.