Police are conducting a homicide investigation after a 2-month-old boy died of head trauma with his parents at a truck stop last week in south suburban Monee.
The infant’s parents told police he stopped breathing while they all slept in a semitrailer at the Petro Truck Stop at 5915 Monee Manhattan Road around 9 a.m. Aug. 31, Monee police said.
The child, Sevyn Simmons, was taken to Franciscan St. James Health in Olympia Fields, then transferred to Comer Children’s Hospital in Chicago, where he died two days later, authorities said.
An autopsy found the child died of head trauma, police said. His death was ruled a homicide.
The child’s parents, ages 28 and 31, stated the baby had not been ill, and they did not know why he quit breathing, police said.
Monee police and the Will County states attorney’s office are investigating the death, police said. No charges have been announced.