Monee police are conducting a homicide investigation after a 2-month-old boy died of head trauma with his parents at a truck stop last week.
His parents told police the infant stopped breathing while they slept in a semitrailer with him at the Petro Truck Stop at 5915 Monee Manhattan Rd. around 9 a.m. Aug. 31, Monee police said.
The child, Sevyn Simmons, was taken to Franciscan Hospital in Olympia Fields, then transferred to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he died two days later, authorities said.
An autopsy found the child died of head trauma, police said. The Cook County medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.
The child’s parents, ages 28 and 31, stated the baby had not been ill, and they did not know why he quit breathing, police said.
Monee police and the Will County State's Attorney’s Office are still investigating the death, police said. No charges have been announced.
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