A Winslow man has been charged with murder in connection with the death of a young girl on Tuesday, June 20.
According to the Winslow Police Department, at approximately 6:48 a.m. on June 20, officers, firefighters and Action Medical Ambulance crews responded to the 500 block of East Oak Street following a report of a three-year-old girl who was not breathing and was unresponsive. Medical crews attempted lifesaving measures on the young child for more than 40 minutes, but were unable to revive her. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The next day, June 21, 18-year-old Sonny Wyatt Silas was arrested for second degree murder. He was booked into the Navajo County Jail in Holbrook.
The results of the autopsy performed on the child determined that she died after suffering multiple incidents of blunt force trauma to the head and body.
Following a detailed investigation, Silas reportedly admitted he was responsible for the child’s death.
Silas was not related to the child, but was the live-in boyfriend of the little girl’s cousin.
