The Monday death of 4-year-old Kamari Zavon Taylor of Northeast DC has been ruled a homicide; a 33-year-old Northeast DC man has been arrested.
Police said Wedneday morning that Taylor was found unconscious in the 5600 block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, Northeast. He was taken to Children’s National Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy determined he had suffered blunt force trauma.
Shortly after midnight Tuesday, 33-year-old Peter Hendy was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder in connection with the child’s death.
Taylor is the second four-year-old to be killed in DC this year; the first was Samauri Jenkins. Both are the youngest homicide victims to date.
A press release from MPD is after the jump.
August 7, 2013
Arrest Made in Homicide: 5600 Block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE
(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Homicide Branch have announced that an arrest has been made in the homicide which occurred in the 5600 block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE.
On Monday, August 5, 2013, at approximately 2:05 pm, patrol units from the Sixth District and personnel from DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services responded to the 5600 block of Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE to investigate the report of an unconscious male. Upon their arrival, they observed the child in an unconscious state. Personnel from DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services transported the child to Children’s National Medical Center, where the child was pronounced dead. An autopsy revealed the cause of death was blunt force trauma. On Monday, August 5, 2013, the decedent’s manner of death was determined to be a homicide.
The decedent is identified as 4-year-old Kamari Zavon Taylor of Northeast, Washington, DC.
On Tuesday, August 6 2013, at approximately 12:35 am, members of the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 33-year-old Peter Hendy of Northeast, DC, pursuant to a District of Columbia Superior Court arrest warrant and charged him with First Degree Murder in connection to the death of Kamari Zavon Taylor.
