East Chicago, Indiana parents charged with death of 2-month-old son; arrest warrants issued

EAST CHICAGO, Ind. (WLS) — East Chicago police have issued arrest warrants for the dad and mom of a child who died within the Indiana city final 12 months.

Police stated the final time that they had contact with Eric Rangel, Jr. and Sandra Sosa was after they had been known as to their house in 2022 and located their child unresponsive.

Police stated after they arrived on the couple’s house in East Chicago, they discovered their 2-month-old son Eric Rangel III limp. He later died on the hospital. He weighed lower than 5 lbs. on the time of his dying.

Police stated an post-mortem confirmed the toddler died from blunt pressure trauma to the top and had signs of shaken child syndrome.

“They should flip themselves in and communicate with me straight and inform me what occurred on July seventh of 2022 earlier than we arrived there as a result of these accidents simply do not occur, you already know, from faking from a chair or falling from a mattress. It appeared massively severe,” stated Detective Luis Semidei.

“Don’t let this couple benefit from the weekend. This child didn’t get pleasure from his very quick time right here on Earth, so we actually want the general public’s assist in bringing them ahead,” stated Lisette Guillen of Case Recordsdata Chicago.

“Do not allow them to sleep on one other gentle pillow and one other gentle mattress as a result of this child went to the medical expert’s workplace and it wasn’t gentle. It was stable metal,” stated neighborhood activist Andrew Holmes.

Sosa is charged with neglect of a dependent leading to severe bodily hurt. Rangel Jr. is charged with the identical and a further rely of homicide.

A $1,000 reward is being provided for an data resulting in an arrest.

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