Author: Nelson Morais Source: The Newport Plain Talk
NEWPORT-Two-month-old baby Kiante Jemarius Todd Rapheal
Oldon was found dead Saturday, June 20, at his uncle Glenn Mantooth's home at
576 River St.
Newport Police Chief Maurice Shults said this morning
that the baby was discovered dead by Mantooth around 10:45 a.m. on Saturday.
Mantooth had apparently rocked the baby to sleep in a
baby car seat and then fallen asleep himself beside the baby and on the floor,
according to Shults. When Mantooth awoke, he discovered the baby was dead,
Shults said.
Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Brown
Funeral Home.
The baby's mother, Jennifer Orr, had reportedly left the
baby with its uncle to care for him, according to the police chief.
Shults said that a preliminary autopsy on the baby
conducted Monday showed there were "no apparent signs of any physical
trauma" to Oldon.
Oldon is survived by his mother, Jennifer Orr; his
father, Todd Oldon; grandfathers Glen Ball and Todd Gilchrist; grandmothers
Virginia Ball, Anita Or, Nancy Evans, and Jackie Oldon; "special
aunts" Amanda Orr Bryant, Katie Orr, and Anna Rose Orr; "special
uncles" Glenn Mantooth and Jacob Orr; and many more family members and
cousins, according to the funeral home's obituary.
The baby had apparently been fed within several hours of
his death, Shults said.
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