COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Two people were indicted and received two different murder charges Friday in the “suspicious” death of a four-year-old in Reynoldsburg.
Kailee Smith-Parks, 19, and her boyfriend, 20-year-old Linwood Allison Jr, were indicted by a Franklin County grand jury. Both were charged with aggravated murder, murder, and at least twenty charges of endangering children.
Smith-Parks and Allison Jr. turned themselves in to the Franklin County jail last week after Reynoldsburg police ruled the death of Smith-Parks’ 4-year-old son, Ja’Kai Smith, a homicide.
According to court records, Allison Jr. was allegedly seen on camera causing fatal injuries to Ja’Kai at a residence on Steinway Drive. Police say Smith-Parks had reason to believe that the child needed immediate medical attention but failed to do so.
Both Smith-Parks and Allison Jr. will be arraigned in the Franklin County Common Pleas Court on April 30.