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Las Vegas infant’s death in October ruled a homicide

Updated March 18, 2017 - 5:12 pm

The Clark County coroner has determined that a 5-month-old boy who died in October was the victim of a homicide.

Izayah Pelaez-Daniel died from blunt force head trauma and his death was ruled a homicide, a coroner’s office representative said Saturday.

On Oct. 8, the Metropolitan Police Department responded about 2:30 a.m. to calls of an unresponsive child on the 9000 block of Tropicana Avenue.

Pelaez-Daniel was taken to Summerlin Hospital Medical Center, where he died.

It was not immediately clear whether an arrest has been made in this case.

Contact Lawren Linehan at llinehan@reviewjournal.com or at 702-383-0381. Follow @lawrenlinehan on Twitter.

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