Update June 5 at 7:17 p.m.:"That's not an easy thing for the first responding officers to go and deal with," said Captain Jared Akins with the Statesboro Police Department, the first responding agency to the call of the unresponsive child, who's identity has not been released.The first detective on the scene stayed on the case over the previous four years, following up with the Bulloch County District Attorney, Daphne J. Totten, on every update from suspect interviews, to medical analyses with doctors. Three weeks ago, the indictment made its way to Totten's desk."Why did it take four years for this to be passed on?" asked WJCL 22 News' AJ Sisson."Cause and manner is something we have to have," responded Akins. "We have to have a doctor that's willing to testify that here's the injuries I see or here's the medical findings that I've got and here's what I'm willing to come into court and testify to."WJCL 22 reached out to Totten's office for a statement on the county's grand jury indictment and arrest, but have not heard a response.The mother, Dorothy Johnson, does not have a schedule court appearance as of Wednesday. Original Report: This is a developing story. Check back for updates.A Statesboro woman is charged with murder four years after the death of her 2-year-old child.According to the Statesboro Police Department, officers responded to Best Street back on June 14, 2020 after a report of a child not breathing.The child was transported to a hospital in Augusta but later died."A long period of work by Medical Examiners began in determining the cause and manner of the child’s death," police said in a written statement. "After an exhaustive examination, the findings were turned over to the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit’s District Attorney’s Office along with SPD’s investigative files."A Bulloch County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment Monday against Dorothy Deshay Johnson, 27, of charges of felony murder, cruelty to children 1st degree and aggravated assault.Johnson was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Bulloch County Jail.Anyone with information on this case can contact Statesboro Police Senior Detective Eric Short at 912-764-9911.TRENDING STORIESSavannah Police : Overnight shooting in Tatemville leaves one deadUnited States Geological Survey confirms earthquake in GeorgiaWoman dies after being pulled from water on Tybee Island
STATESBORO, Ga. —
Update June 5 at 7:17 p.m.:
"That's not an easy thing for the first responding officers to go and deal with," said Captain Jared Akins with the Statesboro Police Department, the first responding agency to the call of the unresponsive child, who's identity has not been released.
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The first detective on the scene stayed on the case over the previous four years, following up with the Bulloch County District Attorney, Daphne J. Totten, on every update from suspect interviews, to medical analyses with doctors. Three weeks ago, the indictment made its way to Totten's desk.
"Why did it take four years for this to be passed on?" asked WJCL 22 News' AJ Sisson.
"Cause and manner is something we have to have," responded Akins. "We have to have a doctor that's willing to testify that here's the injuries I see or here's the medical findings that I've got and here's what I'm willing to come into court and testify to."
WJCL 22 reached out to Totten's office for a statement on the county's grand jury indictment and arrest, but have not heard a response.
The mother, Dorothy Johnson, does not have a schedule court appearance as of Wednesday.
Original Report:
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
A Statesboro woman is charged with murder four years after the death of her 2-year-old child.
According to the Statesboro Police Department, officers responded to Best Street back on June 14, 2020 after a report of a child not breathing.
The child was transported to a hospital in Augusta but later died.
"A long period of work by Medical Examiners began in determining the cause and manner of the child’s death," police said in a written statement. "After an exhaustive examination, the findings were turned over to the Ogeechee Judicial Circuit’s District Attorney’s Office along with SPD’s investigative files."
A Bulloch County grand jury returned a true bill of indictment Monday against Dorothy Deshay Johnson, 27, of charges of felony murder, cruelty to children 1st degree and aggravated assault.
Bulloch County Jail
Johnson was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Bulloch County Jail.
Anyone with information on this case can contact Statesboro Police Senior Detective Eric Short at 912-764-9911.
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