ANKENY, Iowa — Ankeny police say a mother and father have both been charged in causing their infant child's death in March 2022.
Police arrested Charles Henry Peters, 28, at his home in Cedar Rapids on Thursday, Aug. 24. The victim's mother, 25-year-old Breanna Colleen Peters, turned herself in to the Polk County Jail on Tuesday morning.
Both are charged with child endangerment causing death in connection to the death of their infant son in Ankeny in March 2022. Criminal complaints allege that the victim was taken to a hospital for breathing problems in late February 2022. There, the baby was discovered to have significant injuries such as "massive retinal hemorrhages."
"The autopsy report concluded the cause of death was head injuries and the manner of death was homicide," court documents say.
Both suspects are currently out of jail.
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