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Autopsy: Texas boy s cause of death ruled a homicide
Autopsy: Texas boy s cause of death ruled a homicide
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This undated photo provided by the Houston Police Department shows Theresa Raye Balboa. Houston police have charged Balboa with evidence tampering in the death of Samuel Olson. Balboa was the girlfriend of Samuel s father. (Houston Police Department via AP)
HOUSTON (AP) A 5-year-old Houston boy whose body authorities say was kept hidden in a storage unit before being discovered in an East Texas motel has been officially identified and his cause of death has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.
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1. Body found in Jasper motel room positively identified as 5-year-old Samuel Olson, cause of death revealed
A 5-year-old Houston boy whose body authorities say was kept hidden in a storage unit before being discovered in a motel in Jasper, Texas has been officially identified and his cause of death has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Tuesday.
The identity of Samuel Olson was confirmed following an autopsy conducted by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences in Houston.
“The cause of his death is homicidal violence with blunt head trauma,” the institute, which conducts all autopsies in the county, said in an email. The institute did not provide additional details on the boy’s death and a spokeswoman didn’t immediately return an email seeking comment.
A missing Houston boy may have been dead for weeks before authorities found a child’s decomposing body inside a plastic container in an East Texas motel.