MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL
a division of the
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

Troop H Headquarters-3525 North Belt Highway-St. Joseph, MO. 64506


News Release

For further information please contact: Sergeant Sheldon Lyon
816-387-2345
H10121
October 17, 2012

EMPHASIS: Clinton County Juvenile Homicide

On October 15, 2012, at approximately 3:10 p.m. a Clinton County ambulance was sent to a residence in Holt, MO, due to an unresponsive four-year-old male child. The child was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
On October 16, 2012, an autopsy indicated that the child’s cause of death was due to blunt force trauma.
The Northwest Major Case Squad has been activated and investigators are working the homicide.
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