Photos: Roy Preston Ross and Halee Quantz. Photos: Courtesy Saline County Detention Center
A Saline County man and woman have been arrested by Arkansas State Police (ASP) special agents in connection with the death of a child and injuries sustained to a second child.
According to an ASP press release, Halee Quantz, 24, and Roy Preston Ross, 23, are charged with first-degree murder and first-degree battery. Quantz is the mother of both children.
Haskell police officers and emergency medical responders were called to a residence at 160 North Monroe Street in Haskell Tuesday morning where a 4-year-old boy was found injured and unresponsive. As the child was being transported to a Little Rock hospital, local police contacted the state police Criminal Investigation Division requesting a criminal investigation begin.
On Wednesday state police special agents discovered a second child from the home in Haskell had sustained serious injuries. The 10-month-old boy was later placed into Arkansas Department of Human Services custody.
Hospital personnel contacted state police yesterday to report the 4-year-old child had died.
Quantz and Ross were taken into custody late Thursday by state police and are being held at the Saline County Detention Center.
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