Detectives on Wednesday afternoon arrested a man in connection with the beating death of a toddler, D.C. police said.
Twenty-one-month-old Ronjai Butler, of the 1200 block of North Capitol Street NW, was taken to Howard University on Sunday and was pronounced dead.
Police on Wednesday night had not released the identity of the suspect, but a department spokesman said the man lived in the same residence as Ronjai.
Ronjai’s family was known to child welfare bureaucrats. His half-sister was the subject of a neglect complaint that was later closed, Councilman Tommy Wells, D-Ward 6, told The Examiner.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call police at 202-727-9099.
