UPDATE: Police Arrest Person Of Interest In Baby Death

FREEPORT, TX -- A man who was wanted on three counts of child endangerment and is a person of interest in the death of 7-week old Malachi Nelson, was arrested Friday in Freeport.

Anthony Allen Gorman, 27, who was initially identified as as Luther Antoine Jefferson, was taken into custody without incident near the 12000 block of MLK Blvd. at around 4 p.m. Friday.

Gorman was the live-in boyfriend of the child's mother.

Police said that Gorman was alone with Tashiay Nelson's children -- an infant, a 3-year-old child, and a 4-year-old child -- when the infant reportedly died in his care.

Investigators said Nelson returned home from work to her apartment on North Avenue J off Highway 288, where she found the three children alone.

The baby, who wasn’t breathing, was rushed to the hospital Nov. 22, but was pronounced dead.

The cause of death is under investigation.

The children have been removed from the home and are in child protective custody, according to investigators.

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