A 19-year-old was arrested after a missing 11-month-old baby was found dead inside a home in Kentucky .
Officials with the Central City Police Department said that Elijah Mayes, the suspect, was supposed to be caring for Grayson Walton while the child’s father was at work.
Mayes is from Central City and is facing multiple charges after Walton’s death. However, when officers interviewed that person, they denied picking up the baby. Amid the investigation, police executed search warrants at properties in Central City and Cleaton. The Central City Police Department extended its condolences to Grayson’s family and loved ones. The investigation remains ongoing.
The Central City Police Department said that officers responded to a disturbance call around 5:10 pm Saturday, September 12, in the 800 block of Harrison Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene, Walton’s father told police that his son had been left in the care of Mayes while he was at work, per Lex 18. Mayes initially told investigators that a family friend picked up the child around 10 pm Friday, September 11, according to police. officers found Grayson dead inside the residence While searching a home in the 300 block of Hillview Street in Cleaton.
Suspected Methamphetamine was found inside the Mayes’ Harrison Avenue home, according to investigators.
