Family members have identified a Kansas City infant who died Thursday after suffering severe abuse as Giovanni Carr, 7 months. Giovanni, known as Gio, was the only child of Armoni Carr, 20, according to family. ““This is so unfair to a 7 month old,” Carr’s aunt, Thea Harris, told The Star.
“There’s no way he could have harmed anyone or anything. He really did not deserve this..
. this is something so unbearable.” Police discovered the 7-month-old baby unresponsive at a home in the 5300 block of Olive Street, near Blue Hills Park, around 11:30 p.
m. on Saturday, June 15, according to KCPD spokesperson Officer Alayna Gonzalez. Gio was recovered from the home with trauma to his brain and eyes, Harris shared on GoFundMe.
He was also found with fractured ribs, an injured liver, a lacerated spleen and burns on his foot, she said in the post. Police detectives were notified Thursday that the baby had died, Gonzalez said. Harris told The Star that Gio’s godmother was watching the baby on June 15 before he was taken to the hospital.
Carr and the godmother had known each other for upwards of ten years, Harris said. “She asked for him, and she watched him, and he was abused somehow, some way, some form, some fashion,” Harris said. “He has injuries that I’ve never seen, never even heard of.
” Gio’s godmother picked him up at about 4:30 p.m. on June 15, Harris told the Star.
The infant was in her care for seven hours, until an ambulance arrived. Carr texted her ch.
