KANSAS CITY (AP) — The December death of a 2-year-old girl in Kansas City has been ruled a homicide, according to police.
Police said Stevie Osborn died Dec. 23 from injuries that officials have not detailed.
The homicide determination was made Feb. 20 following a two-month investigation, police spokesman Sgt. Jacob Becchina said. The newspaper reported it only recently learned of the child’s death after a reporter contacted police to verify the city’s number of homicides for 2019.
Officers and medics were called to an apartment the morning of Dec. 23 for a medical emergency, Becchina said, and first responders found the child unresponsive inside the apartment. She was taken to a hospital, where she later died.
Police have identified a person of interest in the case, but no arrests or charges have been made, Becchina said.