PETERSBURG, Va. -- A Petersburg mother is facing murder and child neglect charges in connection to the death of her two-year-old son.
On Tuesday, police and paramedics were called to a home on the 700 block of Grove Avenue for the report of an unresponsive child. The boy was taken to the hospital where he later died.
His mother, 29-year-old Sadia Dewese, and her 27-year-old boyfriend Jaytrez Mason, were both charged with murder and felony child neglect.
Mason was also charged with possession of a firearm by a violent felon.
"What are they doing over there to the point they neglecting a two-year-old?" a neighbor, who asked to remain anonymous, said. "You gotta tighten up."
Both Mason and Dewese are currently being held without bond.
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