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Now, his accused mother has, too.
Prosecutors with in the attorney general s office say they are in pursuit. Our goal to pursue and prosecute Arinola Olawusi and Olalekan Olawusi has not changed, Kristy dosReis, spokeswoman for Attorney General Peter F. Neronha, said Tuesday.
Baby Tobi died in December 2017 at Hasbro Children’s Hospital, eight months after arriving by ambulance clinically dead.
Upon the child’s arrival as a three-month-old infant, doctors found he had suffered broken arms, 12 fractured ribs, a broken right femur and was bleeding beneath a fractured skull. They also found a human bite mark on his left thigh.
Authorities: Mother in child abuse case has left the country
May 5, 2021
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) A Rhode Island woman facing a child cruelty and neglect charge in connection with the death of her infant son in 2017 has left the country, as the child s father did, according to authorities.
Arinola Olawusi, 37, out on $10,000 bail since April 2017 after pleading not guilty, had been attending court hearings in her case until last summer according to court records, The Providence Journal reported Wednesday.
But in February when she failed to show up for a hearing, U.S. marshals and state police went looking for her. Her parents told them their daughter had traveled to Nigeria on a one-way ticket, authorities said.