SC - Malnourished and underweight 4-year old boy dies after mother and stepfather fail to seek medical care - Forest Acres Circle, Sep 2025

[Clearsky]

'Malnourished' and 'Underweight' 4-Year-Old Dead After Mother and Stepfather Allegedly Failed to Seek Medical Care

A 4-year-old boy in South Carolina who was "malnourished" and "underweight" is dead, after his parents allegedly failed to seek medical care, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

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According to The State, FOX Carolina and WSAW, citing the Oconee County Coroner’s Office, on Friday, Sept. 19, Oconee County Emergency Services were dispatched to a home at the 400 block of Forest Acres Circle around 6:20 a.m. after receiving a call about a boy, identified by the outlets as Isaiah Joseph Dionne, being unresponsive. The coroner's office was asked to respond 20 minutes after the incident.

 

[Gemmie]

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at: South Carolina Law Enforcement Division

 

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OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (WHNS/Gray News) - Two people, including a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper, were arrested and charged in the death of a 4-year-old boy.
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Latimer was terminated from the South Carolina Highway Patrol after the agency learned of his arrest.
2 arrested, including highway patrol trooper, in death of 4-year-old

Latimer, a nine-year veteran of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, also was fired by that organization that night, according to the South Carolina Department of Public Safety. Latimer was a Lance Corporal who was stationed in Troop 3, which includes Anderson, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg counties.
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article312226166.html

Officials said that 30-year-old Joshua Emanuel Lamar Latimer, a former Highway Patrol Trooper, who held the rank of Lance Corporal and was stationed in Troop 3 was charged with two counts of unlawful conduct toward a child and homicide by child abuse. Destiny Shay Dionne has been charged with the same.
Coroner classifies 4-year-old’s death as homicide, parents arrested by SLED

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