A 13-month-old Edmonton toddler died Saturday morning in a local hospital, two days after being admitted in critical condition. Homicide detectives charged a 44-year-old man with second-degree murder in the little boy’s death. 7 K' ~; x w. A7 Q0 S; j2 f
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The baby was brought to the hospital at 10 a.m. Thursday with serious injuries. Hospital staff alerted police and social services to his life-threatening condition. & V6 S* o0 _/ ]# j# `
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The boy died shortly after 11:30 a.m. on Saturday.' M8 _ D2 g( H0 W! k5 Z
; M S7 q- m% S( A; vThe name of the accused and the victim can not be released due to a provision of the Child Youth Family Enhancement Act, which prevents release of any details identifying the child, their siblings or their guardians. 7 R/ e4 W- e: O! e& o1 y& v
3 J- d3 j V: _4 ~, v3 A# aThe accused man will appear in court on Monday. An autopsy is scheduled for Monday afternoon. " M* U0 w5 Z D& l3 t
* u) m& F7 M7 I- [一名13个月大刚开始学步的幼儿于星期六早晨在爱民顿当地一家医院里死亡,这名男性幼儿是在2天前被医院方面承认病危的。警方谋杀探员指控一位44岁男性二级谋杀对男孩的死负责。6 r b- b' E' X' S$ M0 K