Overview
- Deputies responded to a home on the 5200 block of South Jerico Way around 5:30 p.m. on March 10 and opened a homicide investigation.
- The 11-year-old suspect is being held at the Marvin W. Foote Youth Services Center in Centennial.
- Investigators say all involved parties have been identified and there is no ongoing threat to the community.
- The boy’s cause of death remains under investigation, and deputies conducted a grid search behind the home on Wednesday.
- Prosecutors have not said whether they will seek adult charges, the parents have not been charged, and Timberline Elementary is providing additional mental-health support for students.