AURORA | Aurora police have arrested a third person in connection with the fatal beating of a 4-year-old boy in May.
Chyann Moon, Aurora, was arrested June 25 in connection with the death and faces charges of child abuse resulting in death, Aurora police spokesperson Gabby Easterwood said in a statement.
Police and Aurora Fire Rescue crews responded about 10 p.m. May 16 to an apartment in the 14100 block of East Tennessee Avenue after receiving a report of a child who was unconscious and not breathing.
“When officers arrived at the scene, Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics were performing life-saving actions on the boy,” Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan said in an earlier statement.
Officers found the child had significant injuries, police said. The boy was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The slain boy’s mother, Destini Rose Lipsky, 23, of Aurora, was arrested in Colorado Springs May 26 and faces charges of child abuse resulting in death, police said previously.
Lipsky is being held in the Arapahoe County jail in lieu of a $500,000 bond, according to county records.
That arrest came after police arrested Alexander Martinez-Armstrong, 24, who faces a first-degree murder charge in the boy’s death, according to court and jail records.
Martinez-Armstrong is also being held in the Arapahoe County jail without bond, records show.
His next court date is scheduled for July 17.
Investigators said Martinez-Armstrong, who was caring for the child at the time, admitted to repeatedly striking the boy before his death, McDowell said.
Police said additional interviews and evidence collected during the investigation led detectives to seek an arrest warrant for Lipsky.
Police did not say how Moon is linked to the death.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000, police said.