Overview
- Police responded to the 22700 block of Brook Stone Court just after 4 p.m. Tuesday and found a 2-year-old unresponsive as CPR was being performed; the child was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.
- Officers discovered the child’s mother attempting self-harm at the home and transported her to a hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
- Frankfort police and the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force are leading the investigation and the Will County Coroner has ruled the death an apparent homicide while forensic testing and interviews continue.
- Officials have not released the names of the child or mother, have not announced charges, and say social-media posts that identify residents are unverified.
- Neighbors compared the case to the high-profile Lindsay Clancy trial, the Illinois Department of Child and Family Services says it had no prior contact with the family, and authorities say other children lived in the home though their number and ages were not disclosed.