Overview

• The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office concluded that Loyal Rhodes died from multiple injuries and ruled his death a homicide resulting from child abuse.
• Chicago police arrested Lauryn Shakespeare, 25, at her Near West Side home on June 3 after the infant was found unresponsive at the residence on June 2.
• Prosecutors have charged Shakespeare with one count of first-degree murder and one count of murder involving a strong probability of death or injury.
• Loyal Rhodes was pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital at 9:14 a.m. after being rushed there in critical condition.
• Additional evidence and details are expected to be presented during Shakespeare’s June 6 detention hearing at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.