The parents were arrested Friday on suspicion of second-degree murder and homicide by abuse in the death of their adopted disabled son Karreon Franks.
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A Clark County Sheriff s deputy watches traffic pass by Sarah J. Anderson Elementary School in Vancouver, Wash., following a shooting on the school s campus on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) A teenager in Vancouver, Washington died of starvation and neglect, according to the county medical examiner.
Vancouver police have been investigating the circumstances since Karreon R. Franks, 15, died at a local hospital in late November, The Columbian reported. No arrests or criminal accusations have been made in the case.
The Clark County Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday confirmed his death has been ruled a homicide. The boy’s death was announced by the medical examiner in February, but at that time the manner and cause of death had not been determined.