The case against a Flint woman accused of killing her toddler in Pontiac has been advanced to Oakland County Circuit Court for possible trial.
Latonya Thomas, 27, is scheduled to be arraigned by Judge Daniel O’Brien on Sept. 16. Held in the Oakland County Jail with bond set at $1 million, she’s charged with felony murder and first-degree child abuse for the April 25 death of her 3-year-old son, Zaveion Thomas.
The case was bound over from 50th District Court to the higher court on Sept. 6, following a preliminary exam.
According to the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office, the child was unresponsive when deputies responded to a 911 call for help at a home in the 100 block of Perry Place — and saw Thomas attempting to perform CPR on him. Paramedics transported the child to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy revealed the child had been injured in an assault and the death was ruled a homicide. An investigation by detectives determined Thomas had assaulted him, causing the injuries that resulted in his death, the sheriff’s office said.
Thomas was arrested in June by the sheriff’s Fugitive Apprehension Team.
Woman accused of killing her toddler in Pontiac; jailed on $1M bond