Overview
- Emergency crews responded to an apartment near Brown Road and Country Club Drive at about 4 a.m. on Tuesday and rushed a 2-year-old to a hospital, where doctors noted suspicious bruising and the child later died.
- Detectives say they identified 23-year-old Kishawn Porter as a suspect and arrested him at his home on Sept. 29 without incident; he was initially booked on felony child abuse.
- A Maricopa County medical examiner’s autopsy reported both healing and acute rib fractures, a lacerated liver and stomach, torn intestinal blood vessels, and a transected pancreas.
- Prosecutors told a judge they believe the injuries reflect repeated, severe violence and also alleged Porter abused his own 1-year-old child and has prior violent juvenile adjudications; bond was set at $1.5 million cash-only.
- Porter now faces first-degree murder and felony child abuse ending in death, the case remains under investigation, and further court filings and hearings are expected to clarify the evidence and additional charges.