Another family member has been charged in connection to the death of 7-year-old Deonte Atwell, who was found dead on Christmas Day last year due to severe malnutrition.
Jeremy Graham was arrested by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department’s Fugitive Unit on Tuesday, Dec. 17, and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child, neglect of a child and failure to report child abuse, authorities said in a press release.
Police did not give any other details on what part Graham, 31, may have played in Deonte’s death, though they said that “information gathered throughout the investigation” led to his arrest.
Graham is the sixth person part of the boy’s inner circle that has been charged.
Deonte’s mother, Michelle Doe, 37, and his 21-year-old brother, Tyreck Irvin, were previously charged with murder in the first degree, aggravated manslaughter of a child, aggravated child abuse and two counts of neglect of a …