An 8-year-old is a person of interest in the death of a 1-year-old at a home day care, Muskegon Police Chief Jeffrey Lewis confirmed Monday.
He told 24 Hour News 8 he’s never dealt with a case like this one before.
Korey Brown’s mother, Bryanna Reasonover, said her baby was found dead Friday morning at Keysha Keepers home day care located in the 700 block of Catherine Avenue in Muskegon.
Reasonover said she had dropped off four children to be cared for at the day care Thursday night and went to pick them up after work the next morning.
She entered the home and found Korey unresponsive in a Pack ‘n Play, she said. She told 24 Hour News 8 her baby had bite marks and bruises all over his body and his head was swollen.
The police chief said the investigation is difficult because the witnesses and person of interest are all children. He said the primary witness of Korey’s death is a 5-year-old child.
Lewis said Korey was left unsupervised for an unknown period of time.
It remains unclear what happened to the infant. Reasonover said an autopsy was scheduled to determine how he died.
Lewis said the 8-year-old person of interest in the death was taken for a mental health evaluation at Mercy Health Muskegon’s Hackley Campus. He said authorities are getting advice from doctors about the best placement for the child.
Reasonover told 24 Hour News 8 she had been taking her children to the home day care for about three weeks.