
Father Charged with Second-Degree Murder After Tragic Death of One-Year-Old Child in Front Royal
On Wednesday, September 18, 2024, around 2:40 p.m., Front Royal Police responded to a residence on North Royal Avenue following a distressing report of a one-year-old child in cardiac arrest. Medics from Warren County Fire & Rescue were already on the scene, swiftly preparing to transport the...

Officers secured the scene, and the Front Royal Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division began an immediate investigation. Detectives, working closely with hospital staff, were quickly joined by members of the Warren County Sheriff’s Office, who located and brought in the child’s father, 24-year-old Nathaniel Lee Edmonds, for questioning.
