2 arrested after infant’s death in Atlanta, man charged with murder

The Brief

  • Atlanta police arrested James Hayes and Kennedi Ponder in connection with the May death of an infant.
  • Hayes faces second-degree murder and multiple child cruelty charges.
  • Ponder faces three child cruelty charges, including deprivation of necessary sustenance.

ATLANTA Two people have been arrested months after an infant was found unresponsive at a northwest Atlanta home and later died at a hospital, according to the Atlanta Police Department.

What we know:

APD homicide detectives, assisted by the department’s Fugitive Unit, arrested James Hayes and Kennedi Ponder on Aug. 6 while serving an arrest warrant at a home on Mary George Avenue NW.

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