Update: Suspect in death of 1-year-old child arrested in Sacramento after manhunt
A man sought on suspicion of homicide after a 1-year-old child was found dead Monday at a West Sacramento motel was located and arrested about 24 hours later at a home in Sacramento, police said.
The West Sacramento Police Department identified the suspect as 43-year-old Derrick Woods of Sacramento in a news release Monday evening.
The department said Woods was last seen fleeing on foot from a motel on the 1000 block of West Capitol Avenue around noon Monday, when officers dispatched for a welfare check found a 1-year-old child ”deceased from traumatic injuries.”
Police executed a search warrant at a residence in the city of Sacramento around noon Tuesday and apprehended Woods.
The arrest followed a “regionwide manhunt,” the department wrote in Tuesday’s updated statement.
Woods’ exact charges were not announced. Police in the initial news release referred to the child’s death as “violent” and said they obtained a homicide arrest warrant.
This story was originally published February 16, 2021 at 6:26 AM.
