Ji'Aire Donnell Lee, The story was chilling and grievous: A 3-year-old kid was discovered dead in a Southern Maryland park, his mom pushing him on the swing.
Over a month after Ji'Aire Donnell Lee's passing, the Charles County Sheriff's Office uncovered more shocking points of interest: Ji'Aire was alive when his mom put him on the swing. He remained focused for very nearly two days.
A medicinal inspector's office has decided that Ji'Aire's passing was a manslaughter. He passed on because of hypothermia and parchedness amid his long time on the swing, the sheriff's office said Tuesday. The post-mortem examination report will be sent to the Charles County express' lawyer's office, which will choose whether to document charges against Ji'Aire's mom, Romechia Simms.
Kristen Ayers in the state's lawyer's office said that prosecutors have not yet gotten the post-mortem report, so they can't say whether they will bring charges against Simms.
Ji'Aire was dead when police discovered his mom pushing him in Wills Memorial Park on the morning of May 22. At the time, police were uncertain when and how Ji'Aire passed on.
On Tuesday, the sheriff's office said that their examination uncovered that Simms, 24, landed at the recreation center in La Plata with her child on May 20 at around 11:15 a.m.
Simms, who had encountered a past mental breakdown, stayed in the recreation center for about 44 hours, pushing Ji'Aire on the swing. At a young hour in the morning on May 22, somebody who had recognized the mother and child at the recreation center the day preceding called police to say that it was unordinary that they were still there.
At 6:55 a.m., following a night in which the temperature tumbled to 51 degrees, police discovered the dead youngster and his mom in the recreation center.
[She'd recouped from a breakdown, she said. At that point her child was discovered dead.]
The police record varies from the course of events beforehand offered to the Post by Simms' mom, Vontasha Simms, who was living with her girl and grandson at a motel in LaPlata, Md.
Vontasha said Ji'Aire, a tubby cheeked preschooler nicknamed "Sumo," had gone to the Dollar Store and Burger King with his mom on May 21st preceding leaving for the recreation center that night.
When they didn't return, Vontasha said she became stressed and called her little girl at 12:30 a.m. on May 22. Romechia guaranteed her mom that they were en route home.
Diane Richardson, a representative for the sheriff's office, said Vontasha's record was off base. The mother and child burned through two evenings in the recreation center.
"It's unquestionably Wednesday. That we know beyond all doubt," Richardson said. "There were witnesses there. There's no evidence that she exited."
Vontasha Simms couldn't be gone after remark Tuesday. She said a month ago that her little girl experiences melancholy and bipolar issue. Romechia was hospitalized after her child was discovered dead, however discharged in time for his memorial service.
[Mother wipes away tears at memorial service for kid discovered dead on park swing]
Romechia had been hospitalized twice before her child's demise for sporadic conduct. In a meeting a month ago, Ji'Aire's dad, James "Donnell" Lee, said she thought somebody was attempting to kill him in February. In the no so distant past after that, she hopped out of a moving taxicab with their child close by.
Lee, who couldn't be gone after remark on Tuesday, said he discovered his ex and youngster as an afterthought of Branch Avenue after 12 pm. "He was strolling with no socks, coat open in his night robe. She exited her diaper pack two pieces away," Lee said.
[Was the authority choice before Ji'Aire's demise an instance of father discrimination?]
Weeks before Ji'Aire was discovered dead, Lee, 29, requested of for care of Ji'Aire in D.C. Prevalent Court, composition that he was "concerned for my tyke's security and prosperity." In her composed reaction, Romechia Simms recognized that she'd had a breakdown yet said that she'd recouped. "I am presently in a vastly improved gainful space," she wrote in April furthermore expressed, "I have done my absolute best since moving from D.C. to guarantee that my child has the best life that he can have."
On May 11, Lee and Simms showed up before D.C. Predominant Court Judge Peter A. Krauthamer.
As per a transcript of the hearing, Lee did not emphasize his reasons for alarm about his child's wellbeing.
The judge asked, "So is there a motivation behind why both of you shouldn't share this kid? Is somebody unfit here?" And Lee reacted, "There's nobody unfit."
Simms got authority on weekdays and Lee on weekends. After eleven days, Ji'Aire was dead.
Ian Shapira and Petula Dvorak contributed reporting.
Over a month after Ji'Aire Donnell Lee's passing, the Charles County Sheriff's Office uncovered more shocking points of interest: Ji'Aire was alive when his mom put him on the swing. He remained focused for very nearly two days.
A medicinal inspector's office has decided that Ji'Aire's passing was a manslaughter. He passed on because of hypothermia and parchedness amid his long time on the swing, the sheriff's office said Tuesday. The post-mortem examination report will be sent to the Charles County express' lawyer's office, which will choose whether to document charges against Ji'Aire's mom, Romechia Simms.
Kristen Ayers in the state's lawyer's office said that prosecutors have not yet gotten the post-mortem report, so they can't say whether they will bring charges against Simms.
Ji'Aire was dead when police discovered his mom pushing him in Wills Memorial Park on the morning of May 22. At the time, police were uncertain when and how Ji'Aire passed on.
On Tuesday, the sheriff's office said that their examination uncovered that Simms, 24, landed at the recreation center in La Plata with her child on May 20 at around 11:15 a.m.
Simms, who had encountered a past mental breakdown, stayed in the recreation center for about 44 hours, pushing Ji'Aire on the swing. At a young hour in the morning on May 22, somebody who had recognized the mother and child at the recreation center the day preceding called police to say that it was unordinary that they were still there.
At 6:55 a.m., following a night in which the temperature tumbled to 51 degrees, police discovered the dead youngster and his mom in the recreation center.
[She'd recouped from a breakdown, she said. At that point her child was discovered dead.]
The police record varies from the course of events beforehand offered to the Post by Simms' mom, Vontasha Simms, who was living with her girl and grandson at a motel in LaPlata, Md.
Vontasha said Ji'Aire, a tubby cheeked preschooler nicknamed "Sumo," had gone to the Dollar Store and Burger King with his mom on May 21st preceding leaving for the recreation center that night.
When they didn't return, Vontasha said she became stressed and called her little girl at 12:30 a.m. on May 22. Romechia guaranteed her mom that they were en route home.
Diane Richardson, a representative for the sheriff's office, said Vontasha's record was off base. The mother and child burned through two evenings in the recreation center.
"It's unquestionably Wednesday. That we know beyond all doubt," Richardson said. "There were witnesses there. There's no evidence that she exited."
Vontasha Simms couldn't be gone after remark Tuesday. She said a month ago that her little girl experiences melancholy and bipolar issue. Romechia was hospitalized after her child was discovered dead, however discharged in time for his memorial service.
[Mother wipes away tears at memorial service for kid discovered dead on park swing]
Romechia had been hospitalized twice before her child's demise for sporadic conduct. In a meeting a month ago, Ji'Aire's dad, James "Donnell" Lee, said she thought somebody was attempting to kill him in February. In the no so distant past after that, she hopped out of a moving taxicab with their child close by.
Lee, who couldn't be gone after remark on Tuesday, said he discovered his ex and youngster as an afterthought of Branch Avenue after 12 pm. "He was strolling with no socks, coat open in his night robe. She exited her diaper pack two pieces away," Lee said.
[Was the authority choice before Ji'Aire's demise an instance of father discrimination?]
Weeks before Ji'Aire was discovered dead, Lee, 29, requested of for care of Ji'Aire in D.C. Prevalent Court, composition that he was "concerned for my tyke's security and prosperity." In her composed reaction, Romechia Simms recognized that she'd had a breakdown yet said that she'd recouped. "I am presently in a vastly improved gainful space," she wrote in April furthermore expressed, "I have done my absolute best since moving from D.C. to guarantee that my child has the best life that he can have."
On May 11, Lee and Simms showed up before D.C. Predominant Court Judge Peter A. Krauthamer.
As per a transcript of the hearing, Lee did not emphasize his reasons for alarm about his child's wellbeing.
The judge asked, "So is there a motivation behind why both of you shouldn't share this kid? Is somebody unfit here?" And Lee reacted, "There's nobody unfit."
Simms got authority on weekdays and Lee on weekends. After eleven days, Ji'Aire was dead.
Ian Shapira and Petula Dvorak contributed reporting.
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