Mother, common-law husband charged after death of boy, 8, in Houston
HOUSTON - Houston police say a mother and her common-law husband were arrested in connection to the death of an 8-year-old boy who was found injured in a Westchase motel room.
According to police, Kayla Holzendorf, 24, and her common-law husband, Dominique Lewis, 28, have been charged.
Kayla Holzendorf (left) and Dominique Lewis (right) (Houston Police Department)
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Police said they received reports that a child had drowned in a motel bathtub around 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 2900 block of the West Sam Houston Parkway South service road.
Officers and paramedics responded to the scene. Police say they arrived and found the child on the floor in the middle of the room. Authorities observed multiple injuries on the boy’s body that were not consistent with drowning, HPD says.
The boy was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced deceased.
During the course of the investigation, details of the incident were presented to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, which stated it would accept charges on the child's mother and her common-law husband.
Anyone with additional information in this case is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600.