NATCHITOCHES, La. -- Natchitoches police have arrested two people in connection with the death of a toddler on Christmas day. Damian Jewett, 27, and Jocelyn Crenshaw, 23, both of Natchitoches, are charged with negligent homicide, an NPD spokesman said Wednesday in a news release. Both were booked into the Natchitoches Parish Detention Center. Officers responded to medical emergency call around 4:22 p.m. Sunday at the Natchitoches Thomas Apartments and found the 1-year-old child unresponsive. Life- saving measures were attempted but the child was pronounced dead by the Natchitoches Parish Coroner's Office. NPD detectives arrested Jewett and Crenshaw after a follow-up investigation. The news release does not identify gender of the child nor the relationship between the couple and the child.
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