TROY, NY (WRGB)- A step-father has been charged with murder for the death of his 6-year-old step-son.
On February 9th, 911 received a call to a home. When first resonders arrived, they found 6-year-old Devonte Paul unresponsive in a bathtub. He was taken to a Hospital, but died the following day.
The medical examiners office ruled his death as drowning, but later changed it to hypothermic shock as new cause of death.
The step-father, Kevin Cox, attempted to commit suicide via Heroin at a Motel, but survived. Police say that there was a second needle with another deadly dose, but it may have been for intended for Nicole Bauer, the victim’s mother. He was arrested on April 30th.
Cox has been charged with second-degree murder.
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