LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Las Vegas police are investigating after a child was found dead in a dumpster near downtown Las Vegas on Thursday night.
According to a preliminary report, officers responded to the 400 block of S. 15th St. at approximately 8:25 p.m. regarding a report of a missing two-year-old. Officers on the scene immediately began searching for the child.
Just before 1 a.m. on June 7, the missing two-year-old was located inside a garbage dumpster on the 1300 block of Lewis Avenue. Medical personnel responded and pronounced the child dead at the scene.
The LVMPD Homicide Section was notified and took over the investigation. Detectives determined that the two-year-old’s mother, 23-year old Diaja Smith, was the suspect in the case. Smith was arrested and will be booked into the Clark County Detention Center for open murder and other felony charges.
The identification of the deceased, as well as the cause and manner of death, will be released by the Clark County Coroner’s Office.
Anyone with any information about this incident is urged to contact the LVMPD Homicide Section by phone at 702-828-3521, or by email at [email protected]. To remain anonymous, contact Crime Stoppers by phone at 702-385-5555, or on the internet at www.crimestoppersofnv.com.
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