Grandparents charged a year after boy, 5, dies
The grandparents of five-year-old Eneas Emilio Perdomo sat in Calgary police holding cells Friday afternoon, waiting on charges in connection to the homicide of their grandson a year ago this month.
Allan Edgardo Perdomo Lopez and Carolina Del Carmen Perdomo were taken into custody on Friday, July 22, 2016, without incident and will next appear in court on Monday, July 25, 2016.
Police initially had trouble confirming the relationship between Allan, Carolina and Emilio.
It wasn’t until investigators went to Mexico City and spoke with Emilio’s mother that the CPS confirmed Allan was Emilio’s grandfather and Carolina was Emilio’s step-grandmother.
“Biological mom confirmed Allan Perdomo as her father and Emilio as her biological son, whom she had given to Allan to bring to Canada for a better life,” Acting Staff Sgt. Mike Cavilla said in a press conference.
Five-year-old Emilio was suffering from serious injury — later deemed to be the result of multiple blunt force traumas — when he was brought to Alberta Children’s Hospital July 10, 2015. The child died a week later. Family members said the child’s injuries were the result of accidents, but his death was deemed a homicide based on hospital staff observations and the results of an autopsy.
“I can tell you that the multiple blunt force trauma, there was trauma to his body — fatal injuries was head trauma,” said Cavilla.
Earlier this month, police said they were looking for Lopez and Perdomo in connection to investigation into the child’s homicide.
It took investigators a year to lay charges in Emilio’s death. Cavilla said child homicide cases are “very complex investigations, medically speaking,” adding that the amount of “medical evidence is monstrous.”
Allan and Carolina have three of their own children who lived in the home, two are “late teenagers” and the third is in her 20s.
Police say the children are now in a “safe spot.”
Allan Edgardo Perdomo Lopez, 56, and Carolina Del Carmen Perdomo, 49, both of Calgary, are charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of their grandson, Eneas Emilio Perdomo, age five, of Calgary.
The investigation into the homicide of Emilio is still ongoing.