Posted on 05/07/2022 12:12:33 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
Officials in Pennsylvania say they have a person of interest after a 9-year-old boy was found dead under a lawn chair.
Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli confirmed the identity of Azuree Charles, who had been reported missing, in a press conference on Thursday, captured by WTAE.
More than 30 officers from the New Kensington Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police and other surrounding areas were briefed and stepped in to help find the missing child, who Ziccarelli said died of homicide.
"This is a horrible tragedy for our community here at New Kensington and our county at large," Ziccarelli told reporters. She asked the public for help in providing information on Azuree, urging those with details to call the New Kensington Police Department at 724-339-7533.
"To our community at large, hold your children near, they are our most precious gifts. We will not rest until we determine what or who caused this child's death," Ziccarelli said.
"We do have a person of interest," she added. "I can't comment any further at this time as this is an ongoing investigation."
She later continued, "I can confirm that this is a homicide and the child did die at the hands of another person. Based on everything we know at this time in the investigation, we do not believe there is a danger to the community-at-large."
Ziccarelli said she could not speak to how Azuree's mother is coping with the loss, but confirmed that the child has three younger siblings.
No arrests have been made in Azuree's death, however,...police took his father Jean Charles into custody for an unrelated warrant for a simple assault and child endangerment case after allegedly punching his son in the eye and leaving a bruise in November, per WPXI. It is unclear if the son was Azuree.
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This horrible.
There are exactly two red spots on the western border.
New Kensington, where this crime happened, is the spot further north.
The larger red spot further south is even a more crime-ridden cesspool.
:-(
RIP.
Lives matter, I guess.

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Terrible. How can anyone do such a thing? Murder a nine year old? Despicable.
The boy's father Jean Charles Azure.
Meh. Soon you will be able to legally murder a 1 mo. old in California. While cheered on by Elizabeth Warren.
why did I try to guess when I already knew
Actually, I believe that red spot on the map is Arnold.

Police picked up the boy's father, Jean Charles, who had been on a warrant in connection with a different case stemming from charges of assault and child endangerment in a November 2021 incident. Charles was was accused of punching his son in the eye, which resulted in bruising on the boy's face. He was denied bail. Investigators are calling the boy's death a homicide. A person of interest has been identified; however, police have not named any suspects or have said whether they are considering the boy's father as a suspect in the case
He must be the “person of interest.” The police are probably just trying to find more evidence.
You are right. New Kensington is the smaller light blue dot just south of Arnold. Similar neighborhood, but Trump carried it by 0.8%,
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