Medical Examiner Rules 3-Year-Old Child's Death A Homicide

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The February death of a 3-year-old boy has been ruled a homicide.

Twenty-one-year-old Jamal Williams, of Arlington, is in the Allegheny County Jail on various charges, including weapons violations and receiving stolen property, but soon he may be charged with the murder of 3-year-old Major Troutman.

Troutman died at Children's Hospital on Valentine's Day, eight days after being admitted.

The Allegheny County medical examiner said Friday that he died of blunt force trauma to the head, and they believed at the time it was caused by abuse.

The child's family reached out to KDKA-TV News but declined an on-camera interview, saying they were too upset to talk right now, but their hope is that justice will be served.

Williams has been questioned in the child's death. The family says Williams had been dating the child's mother.

Williams was arrested the day after Troutman died. Police had been looking for him on a probation violation and while searching a home on Merritt Avenue, investigators found a Glock handgun in the cushion of a couch. The weapon had been reported stolen.

Police also found unused stamp bags labeled "no evil" and a 2-pound plastic bag of white powder.

When asked if a charge of murder is pending, Pittsburgh Police would only say the case remains under investigation.

In the meantime, Williams remains at the County Jail. His bail was denied back in March.