1-Year-Old Boy Beaten to Death, DC Police Say

The death of a 1-year-old boy in Southeast Washington has been ruled a homicide, police said.

Officers were called to a home on the 4700 block of Benning Road SE at 7 p.m. Wednesday for a report of an unconscious child. When they arrived, they found Carter Sanders unresponsive inside the home. 

Sanders was taken to the hospital, where he later died. 

A neighbor who did not want to be identified told News4 he saw the boyfriend of the child's mother take the boy out of a white SUV about 1 p.m. Wednesday, saying, "He said, 'The baby ain’t breathing; the baby won’t wake up.' He put the baby in his arm and took him upstairs, but I believe the baby was dead.”

Six hours later, the police were called. 

An autopsy determined that Sanders died from multiple blunt force injuries. His death has been ruled a homicide. 

Police said the boy was beaten to death and they are getting closer to making an arrest.

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