LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Four-year-old Ke'andre Jolly died this week from injuries suffered last Friday at an apartment in Lafayette. The Tippecanoe County coroner now says the child's death was a homicide.
Police came to a home on North 13th Street on July 28 around 5:45 p.m. for a report of an unresponsive child. The 4-year-old boy was first taken to Franciscan Hospital in Lafayette, then flown to Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis for more specialized care. Jolly died Tuesday morning.
The Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office performed an autopsy Wednesday. The preliminary results ruled the manner of death a homicide. On Aug. 18, the coroner announced the preliminary cause of the boy's death was blunt force trauma to his head.
Lafayette police said they found marijuana in the home, which led to the arrest of 33-year-old Montrell Jolly for a probation violation of a methamphetamine possession conviction last year. Police said Montrell is a relative of the boy, but not his father.
Police have not arrested anyone or named a suspect in the child's death.
A woman at the house, who identified herself as Ke'andre's mother, did not want to comment Thursday.