MI - Sebastian Gonzalez, 5 mos, found dead in his Shelby home, 12 Dec 2005

Ten days after 5-month-old Sebastian James Gonzalez died, his older brother was removed from the family home after the probate court ruled it was contrary to the child's welfare to remain after his parents allowed the children to share a bedroom with a known convicted sex offender.

Sebastian Gonzalez died Dec. 12 from bacterial sepsis with septic shock, and penetrating blunt trauma anus and rectum, and the death has been ruled a homicide. Police have said the parents are not suspects in the child's death...

The petition also indicates that the time frame from the beginning of the infection and until death allowed for various people to provide, care for and observe Sebastian Gonzalez and medical attention was not sought by any caregivers including both parents...

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Further investigation into the sudden death of a 5-month-old Oceana County boy has not yet revealed what caused his death, but it did rule out homicide and sexual abuse as causes...

There is no evidence of any foul play or criminal activity, Oceana County Prosecutor Terry Shaw said this morning about the Dec. 12, 2005 death of Sebastian James Gonzalez...

The original autopsy, conducted by a pathologist in Muskegon, concluded that the infant's death was a homicide resulting from an infection caused by sexual abuse...

Shaw later asked Kent County's chief medical examiner, Dr. Stephen Cohle, to study the issue, and he said Cohle determined that there was no evidence of sexual abuse. Except for a diaper rash, Cohle said he believes that most of the findings thought to represent rectal injury are post-mortem changes...

The cause of death has not been determined at this time, but I feel it may be SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), Shaw said.

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