Sneed said Azuree would sometimes come over to play with her children. “We have kids I don’t know what to think.” He was a handsome, smart little guy.”īrittney Sneed, another neighbor, has an 8-year-old daughter and two boys, a 2-year-old and a 5-month-old. “This is a severe tragedy, and it hits close to home,” Pace said. They said police had not given them much information.Įast Ken Manor resident Gina Pace said she had just seen Azuree outside playing the day before with other neighborhood children. “The kid was like one of my kids or one of my grandkids.”Īs police and detectives placed caution tape near the scene, concerned residents looked on, not really understanding what had happened or if there was reason to be concerned for their safety. It feels like it happened to me,” he said. Taylor said he sometimes spends time outdoors with the neighborhood kids and occasionally offers them Popsicles or candy as they play. “She was one of the few that took care of their kids.” “She was always outside with the kids,” he said. He said his thoughts are with the family. Taylor said he has lived in East Ken Manor for 10 years and knows Azuree’s mother. Ziccarelli, speaking to the media at New Kensington City Hall, declined to offer specifics on the child’s death. We will not rest until we determine what or who caused this child’s death.” “To our community at large, hold your children close,” she said. She confirmed the boy was later found dead and the Westmoreland County Detective Bureau is working the investigation with New Kensington police. Wednesday to investigate the report of the missing boy. Ziccarelli said in a prepared statement that New Kensington police were dispatched to the scene at 6:18 a.m. He was a very, very nice kid, always well mannered. “He laughed all the time and played with his sisters all the time. “He was a very gentle, nice kid,” Taylor said. Taylor said Azuree had three younger sisters, and they all lived with their mother in the complex. He said he doesn’t know what happened to Azuree but that the boy had been sick and had gone through a lot of operations. The boy was clothed but not wearing shoes or socks, Taylor said. “I knew something wasn’t right because my lawn chair was out of place,” Taylor said. When he found Azuree’s body, he said, it was under a lawn chair. Taylor said he offered to help police look for Azuree because he knows where the kids usually hang out and play. Taylor said police were knocking door to door and told him the boy had been missing since Tuesday night. in a wooded area behind Taylor’s home, he said.
The coroner’s office said it is being investigated as a homicide, according Tribune-Review news partner WPXI-TV.Īzuree’s body was found by 70-year-old Osie Taylor Jr. Westmoreland County District Attorney Nicole Ziccarelli was also at the scene. The Westmoreland County coroner was called to the scene Wednesday afternoon at East Ken Manor, a Westmoreland County Housing Authority complex along Haser Drive. Police are investigating the death of a 9-year-old boy, Azuree Charles, in New Kensington.
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