Las Vegas infant’s death in October ruled a homicide
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.
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