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U.S. NEWS Friday 19 May 2017
Official: Boy found dead in car that was stolen, 3 arrests

JEFF AMY Kingston’s cousin, Kolby The mother, Ebony Archie,
Associated Press Irby. “His mother has to left the boy in the car, its
GLUCKSTADT, Miss. (AP) deal with this. That’s her engine running, while she
— Three young Mississippi baby.” went inside the supermar-
men were arrested hours The three suspects were ar- ket early Thursday, sheriff’s
after a 6-year-old boy was rested within hours of the deputies have said. The
found shot dead Thursday child’s body being found, store’s parking lot is pa-
in his mother’s stolen car authorities said, adding trolled by sheriff’s deputies,
and the suspects will be video and a witness helped including one in a golf cart.
charged with capital mur- identify them. Security video shows that
der, authorities said. Authorities said Washington after Archie left, another
Madison County District At- and Wakefield are both 17. car drove up and a man
torney Michael Guest an- McBride’s age was not im- got out and then drove off
nounced at a news confer- mediately released. in the Camry.
ence that authorities plan In Mississippi, 17-year-olds A child abduction alert
to charge Byron McBride, accused of capital murder was played repeatedly “You could have just state crime lab and the
D’Allen Washington and are tried as adults. The cap- Thursday on local news- dropped him off.” car was towed away by
Dwan Wakefield in the ital murder charge means casts and police and fam- The child’s body was tak- police as they continue to
death of the child. prosecutors could seek the ily members issued public en for an autopsy at the investigate.q
Authorities found Kingston death penalty if the three appeals for help.
Frazier shot at least once in are convicted, Guest said. “We’ve been looking for Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker, center, leans forward and
the back seat of his moth- The district attorney also him for nine hours in every speaks about the interdepartmental cooperation by the agen-
er’s stolen car, which Jack- said it was possible the neighborhood in Jack- cies of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety, the Madison
County Sheriff’s Department, Hinds County Sheriff’s Department
son Police Cmdr. Tyree charges might change, son,” said Deanna Moore, and the City of Jackson Police Department. Flanking Tucker are
Jones said was abandoned adding the three are ex- the boy’s aunt. Addressing Hinds County Sheriff Victor Mason, left, and Madison County Dis-
in a muddy ditch about 15 pected to make initial court those who took the car, trict Attorney Michael Guest.
miles (20 kilometers) north appearances on Monday. she added, Associated Press
of the capital. One lawyer said he is not
Frazier had gone missing yet officially representing
after 1 a.m. Thursday when one of them and declined
a man was seen on video requests for comment.
taking the car from the Guest said the other two
parking lot of a supermar- do not yet have lawyers.
ket in Jackson, the state Authorities did not answer
capital, according to au- questions at the news con-
thorities. About nine hours ference with reporters, and
later, following a child- it’s unclear what role each
abduction alert and wide- of the three suspects is al-
spread publicity, a man re- leged to have played.
ported the missing Toyota Wakefield was a quarter-
Camry was beside a dead- back last year at a high
end road in the northern school in Madison County,
suburb of Gluckstadt. north of Jackson, county
Authorities publicly dis- Superintendent Ronnie
closed the boy’s death McGehee told The Clari-
Thursday morning while sur- on-Ledger. McGehee also
rounded by grieving family said Wakefield had been
members. dismissed from the team
“A 6-year-old is gone,” said but didn’t elaborate.