Plymouth Police are investigating the death of a child.
Friday afternoon about 2:30 a 2 ½ year old child came to the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Plymouth with severe injuries. The child was treated and then airlifted to a Fort Wayne hospital.
Plymouth Police started an investigation at the hospital and then moved to the Economy Inn on North Michigan Street.
The child died Saturday evening about 5:34 from the injuries received.
At 6:55 Saturday evening City Police arrested 23 year old Shane Weedling for neglect of a dependent resulting in serious bodily injury and possession of marijuana.
Weedling had a relationship with the mother of the child but was not the father of the child.
The cause of death is pending an autopsy on Monday.
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