Overview
- Deputies found 5-year-old Marley Perilloux unresponsive at a Geismar gas station on Jan. 1, performed CPR, and he was later pronounced dead at a hospital.
- Authorities reported the child weighed about 19 pounds at 35 inches tall, and a sheriff’s official said he fit into an infant body bag.
- Parents Marlon Perilloux, 33, and Raynisa Young, 27, are jailed without bond on negligent homicide and second-degree cruelty to juveniles, plus drug and weapons charges.
- Investigators say a search of the home documented barely livable conditions and interviews indicated the boy lacked adequate feeding, hygiene, and medical care and had been bedridden.
- An autopsy is pending as the investigation continues, the district attorney is reviewing whether other adults were aware, and the state has removed three other children from the home.