Crime & Safety
Manassas Father Charged in Boy's Drowning
Police charge man with murder more than a year after 15-month-old's death.
The Manassas City Police Department has charged a father in the 2012 death of his 15-month-old son.
Joaquin Shadow Rams, 40, of the 9000 block of Landgreen Street, is charged with first degree murder, Police Sgt. Lowell Nevill noted in a statement Friday.
Prince, who had recently turned a year old, died by drowning Oct. 20 while in Joaquin Rams' care at his home, Nevill said.
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Police arrested Rams Friday morning. The suspect was booked into the Prince William County detention center on Friday afternoon, pending arraignment.
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As Inside NoVa pointed out in a post Friday, Prince's mother, Hera McLeod, has been blogging about her son's death. She wrote a post Friday titled, "Justice for Baby Prince."
Earlier this month, Rams began his own blog disputing McLeod's claims.
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