SAN DIEGO — San Diego police have decided the causes of demise of a 40-year-old woman and her 2-year-old son who plunged from the third degree of San Diego’s Petco Park, simply as 1000’s of baseball followers had been heading inside for a Padres recreation final 12 months.
Raquel Wilkins’ demise on Sept. 25, 2021, has been categorized as a suicide, and her son Denzel Browning-Wilkins’ demise has been categorized as a murder, the San Diego Police Division stated in an announcement Wednesday.
“The detectives carried out a radical and complete investigation that included dozens of interviews, reviewing of accessible video footage, and accumulating background data to find out what led to the deaths,” the assertion stated.
The determinations had been made in session with the San Diego County Medical Examiner, police stated.
Dan Gilleon, an legal professional for Wilkins’ household, disputed the findings and stated the deaths had been a tragic accident. He stated the investigation’s conclusion is supposed to defend the town from potential litigation.
“Town doesn’t wish to clarify why it concluded {that a} younger mom would kill her solely little one at an occasion the place witnesses stated she was blissful,” Gilleon stated in a textual content to The Related Press. “To me, the town is appearing like every other defendant in a lawsuit: blame the sufferer, particularly if they don’t seem to be capable of defend themselves.”
