The story doesn't say the boy was hanged - just that his parents found him next to his bed. Where did that information come from?
I think when the full story comes out, the part about the parents finding him next to his bed was their original excuse regarding what happened, which is why it was originally classified as an accident. An autopsy probably indicated hanging, instead.
Prosecutors said Harris left the boy and his 5-year-old brother home alone Saturday afternoon while she left to do laundry. She discovered the boy outside when she returned about 45 minutes later, beat him with a belt and sent him to his room, prosecutors said.
When he would not stop crying, she wrapped a sheet from the top bunk of a bunk bed around his neck and hanged him, according to prosecutors' statement in court.
Chicago Police Officer Patrice Harper said Harris confessed to killing the boy in a statement to police.
"She became angry at the child for being outside and ended up killing him," Harper said.