PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Two individuals were arrested on Dec. 2 in connection to the murder of an infant in Portsmouth a week earlier, police said.
25-year-old Chante Smith and 36-year-old Dontae Taylor were arrested and charged with several felonies including: aggravated murder, child abuse/neglect causing serious injury and cruelty to a child. They remain in the Portsmouth City Jail without bond.
Police confirmed that Smith and Taylor were the infant’s parents.
On Nov. 26, dispatch received a call for an infant girl who was not breathing and unresponsive on Victory Boulevard, police said. Medics began life-saving measures and the infant was transferred to CHKD, but was pronounced dead upon arrival to the hospital, police said.
The infant’s death was ruled a homicide by detectives.
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