Overview

• The Cook County Medical Examiner ruled Kayson Flowers’ April death a homicide after finding multiple injuries consistent with child abuse.
• Kayson was found unresponsive on April 26 in a home on the 200 block of West 106th Street and pronounced dead two days later at Roseland Hospital.
• Detectives told the family he had been deceased for six to eight hours before being returned by his father, who had cared for him for one week.
• Roseland Christian Ministries and the Flowers family have offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the ongoing investigation.
• The Chicago Police Department has not announced any charges, and community members continue to press for leads and accountability.