WASHINGTON — A man is in custody in connection with an 11-year-old boy's death.

On May 8, deputies with the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office were called to the 22000 block of Castle Pollard Way in Great Mills for reports of a child not breathing. When officers arrived, they found a child unconscious.

Life-saving measures were attempted, and the child was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

The child's body was sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore, who ruled his death a homicide.

After a three-month-long investigation, Tyrone Edward Proctor was indicted.

Proctor is being charged with:

Child abuse first-degree: contributing to the death of a child under 13 years

Child abuse first-degree: course of conduct

Child abuse first-degree: sever

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