Parents charged with murdering son at NJ hotel
Chamyr Harris, 26, of Linden, is also facing a charge of endangering the welfare of a child, according to Somerset County First Assistant Prosecutor Annemarie L. Mueller. Harris was arrested on Monday in Woodbridge without incident.
The boy's father, Sean Tate, 36, of Woodbridge, was arrested on the same charges on Feb. 18.
Both Harris and Tate are lodged in the Somerset County Jail.
At about 3:24 p.m. Feb. 19, 2024 township police went to the unidentified hotel on a report of an unresponsive child.
Tate told the officers that his son had fallen off a toilet two days previously and had hit his head on an air conditioning unit, Mueller said.
More: Woodbridge man charged with murdering 4-year-old son in Franklin hotel
Tate said he iced the injury before going to bed on Feb. 19. Tate told police that when he woke up, he learned from Harris that the child was unresponsive, and he called 911, according to the Prosecutor's Office.
The child was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead at 5:24 p.m.
Medical personnel reported that the child was emaciated and appeared to have sustained multiple injuries to his body, Mueller said.
The New Jersey Northern Regional Medical Examiner's Office on Feb, 4 determined the death was a homicide.
Mueller thanked members of the Middlesex County SORT team and the Woodbridge Police Department, and agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Newark Field Office – Branchburg office for their assistance with the investigation.
Anyone with information about the homicide is asked to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Major Crimes Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Franklin Township Police Department at 732-873-5533 or via the STOPit app.
Email: mdeak@MyCentralJersey.com
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