Family member says mother found infant Nikosis beaten in playpen
A family member says six-week-old Nikosis Jace Cantre was found bruised and bloodied in his playpen before dying in hospital.
Police reported officers found Cantre with injuries after responding to a call at a home on Waterloo Crescent around 7 a.m. Sunday.
A 16-year-old girl is accused of second-degree murder in Cantre’s death. It has since emerged that she walked away from the open custody wing at Kilburn Hall Youth Centre at 12:45 a.m. on July 2, before being taken in by members of the Bird family.
Andrea Bird is a cousin of Cantre’s mother, Alyssa Bird. She told News Talk Radio she went to Alyssa’s home shortly after police left on July 3.