Vicksburg child dies in Arkansas motel room
Published 11:59 am Friday, November 26, 2010
A 3-year-old child placed in foster care following his mother’s arrest for shoplifting last week was found dead in a Little Rock motel room early Wednesday.
Shacolby Savell was pronounced dead of unknown causes after foster parents found the child unresponsive at a Comfort Inn where the family was staying, Pulaski County Coroner Garland Camper told KTHV-TV in Little Rock. The child was taken to a hospital at 6 a.m., Camper said. An autopsy was being conducted.
Savell’s mother, Amber Savell, 22, 1702 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., was in the Warren County Jail on a $20,000 bond after her arrest a week ago today at Blockbuster Video on Pemberton Square Boulevard along with Charles Johnson, 22, same address. Police said both were charged with grand larceny after two Blu-ray disc players and 30 video games were reported taken.
Camper said the child didn’t have a medical history, and officials were working to rule out foul play. Published reports said the foster parents, not identified, are from Mississippi and were with their older child, who was receiving treatment at Arkansas Children’s Hospital.