Keriaon Smith has been charged with the murder of a six month old boy. According to police reports Keriaon Smith who is from New Orleans Louisiana was charged in the beating death of a six month old boy who she was babysitting. 911 received a phone call regarding an unresponsive infant and when ambulance attendants arrived they found the infant not breathing and covered in injuries. The child was rushed to the hospital however would be pronounced dead soon after. Keriaon Smith would be charged with murder, one count each of domestic abuse battery, domestic abuse child endangerment, and second-degree cruelty to a juvenile.
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The city coroner has identified an infant that police say is the youngest homicide victim thus far in 2022.
Coroner Jason Melancon reports that 6-month-old Tahir Stanley died of “blunt force injuries”, according to autopsy reports.
A “family friend” entrusted with the care of a 6-month-old boy last weekend has been arrested, accused of murdering the infant by New Orleans police.
Keriaon Smith, 19, was arrested Saturday (March 5) after New Orleans EMS found the child was not breathing and had sustained “numerous injuries,” the NOPD said. The identity of the child has not been disclosed.
Smith initially was booked into the Orleans Justice Center jail on suspicion of second-degree cruelty to a juvenile, for which her bond was set at $100,000. But she was rebooked Tuesday with second-degree murder after the Orleans Parish Coroner’s office determined through an autopsy that the child’s death was a homicide.
Smith is expected to appear in Orleans Parish Magistrate Court on Wednesday to have a new bond set on the murder count.
Paramedics were called Saturday around 12:09 p.m. and found the infant unresponsive inside a residence in the 1500 block of St. Louis Street in the Iberville neighborhood.
If charged and convicted of second-degree murder, Smith would face a mandatory lifetime prison sentence
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