Crime & Safety
Plainfield Man Charged With Killing 3-Week-Old Son
An investigation found that the baby had suffered significant injuries and that the cause of his death was blunt force trauma to the head.
PLAINFIELD, NJ — A Plainfield man was arrested and charged with the murder of his three-week-old son, Acting Union County Prosecutor Michael A. Monahan announced.
On Sunday at around 10 p.m. EMS personnel and hospital staff from JFK Medical Center in Edison contacted Plainfield Police to report the suspicious death of the three-week-old boy, Trayvon Summers.
An investigation found that the baby had suffered significant injuries and that the cause of his death was blunt force trauma to the head, Monahan said.
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Trayvon's father Tiray Summers, 38, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with one count of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child. He is currently being housed in the Union County Jail pending a Pretrial Detention Hearing.
Anyone with information is being urged to contact Union County Prosecutor’s Office Detective Sergeant Andrew Dellaquila at 973-274-5771 or Detective Nicholas Falcicchio at 908-721-8186.
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(Image via Union County Prosecutor's Office: Tiray Summers, 38, of Plainfield)
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