Chesterfield County, Virginia

Police Department
10001 Iron Bridge Road – P.O. Box 148 – Chesterfield, VA 23832-0148
Phone: (804) 748-1266 – Fax: (804) 748-6265 – Internet: chesterfield.gov

COLONEL Jeffrey S. Katz

Chief of Police

June 28, 2022

For immediate release

POLICE INVESTIGATE DEATH OF CHILD, PARENT

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, VA – Chesterfield County Police are investigating the apparent

accidental death of a child and subsequent suicide of an adult male, who is the child's

father.

At about 11:42 a.m. today, police received a call indicating an 18-month-old male may

have been left in an unattended vehicle for several hours. Police soon received additional

information indicating the child's father was at his residence in the 14100 block Aldengate

Road and was making suicidal statements.

Police responded to the Aldengate Road residence and found the 18-month-old male

dead inside the house and the adult male dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound

in the woods behind the residence.

At this point, the investigation indicates the father accidentally left the child in the vehicle

for several hours. When the father discovered the child deceased in the vehicle, he returned

home and took the child inside the residence. He then exited the residence and shot

himself.

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 Police continue their investigation into this incident and ask anyone with information to

contact the Chesterfield County Police Department at 804-748-1251 or Crime Solvers at

804-748-0660, or through the P3 app.

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Authorized by: Lt. Col. Chris Hensley, Deputy Chief of Operations.

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