BREAKING NEWS IN GREENVILLE COUNTY AS WELL. DEPUTIES SAY A MOTHER AND FATHER HAVE BEEN CHARGED MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF THEIR FOUR MONTH OLD BABY LAST AUGUST, DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO POLLARD ROAD IN SIMPSONVILLE REGARDING A NON RESPONSIVE INFANT. THEY SAY THE CHILD WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT DIED. WARRANTS SAY BRUISES AND BRAIN HEMORRHAGING WERE FOUND BY THE MEDICAL EXAMINER YESTERDAY. BRUCE DUNCAN AND RIHANNA BROWN WE
Greenville parents charged in their 4-month-old child's death, deputies say
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Updated: 12:13 PM EDT Mar 22, 2024
The parents of a 4-month-old child in Greenville, South Carolina, have been charged after the child's death, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. Officers say the investigation began on Aug. 23, 2023, when deputies were called to Pollard Road about an unresponsive infant. More news: Man dies in 3-vehicle crash that also critically injured one of his children, police sayThe child was taken to the hospital and died. Investigators say over the past several months the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, along with investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, and medical experts determined the cause of death was trauma, which they believe was caused by force. More news: Coroner releases name of Upstate man shot, killed during fightArrest warrants describe the child’s injuries as bruises and brain hemorrhaging. The warrants also mentioned the child’s injuries were consistent with chronic abuse.More news: Sheriff: SC woman serving weekend jail time smuggled in drugs that caused another inmate's deathBruce Douglas Duncan, 24, and Reanna Shae Brown, 25, are charged with homicide by child abuse. They are both being held with no bond.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The parents of a 4-month-old child in Greenville, South Carolina, have been charged after the child's death, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.
Officers say the investigation began on Aug. 23, 2023, when deputies were called to Pollard Road about an unresponsive infant.
More news: Man dies in 3-vehicle crash that also critically injured one of his children, police say
The child was taken to the hospital and died.
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Investigators say over the past several months the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, along with investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office, and medical experts determined the cause of death was trauma, which they believe was caused by force.
More news: Coroner releases name of Upstate man shot, killed during fight
Arrest warrants describe the child’s injuries as bruises and brain hemorrhaging.
The warrants also mentioned the child’s injuries were consistent with chronic abuse.
More news: Sheriff: SC woman serving weekend jail time smuggled in drugs that caused another inmate's death
Bruce Douglas Duncan, 24, and Reanna Shae Brown, 25, are charged with homicide by child abuse. They are both being held with no bond.
