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Damari Perry, the 6-year-old North Chicago boy found dead Saturday in Indiana, and his siblings were removed from their parents' home from 2014 to 2017 by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, authorities said Tuesday.
Mother, two siblings have been charged
Assistant State’s Attorney Kyle Doyle made those unsettling revelations Sunday morning during a bond hearing for Damari’s older brother, Jeremiah Perry, according to Lake County spokesperson Jim Newton.
In a case with tragic similarities to that of AJ Freund, a Lake County prosecutor said Sunday that a 6-year-old boy was forced into cold water for an extended period of time as punishment before he died.
Charges allege the 6-year-old North Chicago, Illinois, boy became unresponsive after he was forced to take a cold shower, according to the Lake County (Illinois) state's attorney's office.