Cleveland toddler burned, mother arrested
CLEVELAND (AP) — A coroner’s office in Cleveland says the death of a 2-year-old girl who had extensive burns all over her body has been ruled a homicide.
Cuyahoga County Coroner’s spokesman Powell Caesar says Alexandria Hamilton of Cleveland died Wednesday of thermal injuries, which are caused by water or steam and are consistent with scalding.
The girl was found unresponsive by paramedics at an apartment with her mother.
The child’s mother, 29-year-old Tyesha Hamilton, has been arrested but not charged.
County officials say Tyesha Hamilton, who has three other children, lost custody of them in 2007 because she neglected them while struggling with drug addiction.
The children were reunited with their mother less than a year ago.