Damari Perry died of hypothermia after he was forced to take a cold shower for an undetermined amount of time because his family was upset with him, authorities alleged.
A Chicago woman and her 20-year-old son have been indicted for murder after allegedly forcing her 5-year-old boy into a freezing shower as punishment, then dumped his body near an abandoned building.
An emergency housing facility at the center of case that led to a contempt of court citation against the state s Department of Children and Family Services director was the subject of 161 service calls to the Jefferson County sheriff s office in 2021.