PORTAGE, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A Portage man has been arrested in the death of an infant boy last December.
Saturday the Portage Department of Public Safety arrested 29-year-old Brandon Bryce Sullivan in the death of 18-month-old Jacob Flowers of Kalamazoo. Police say the boy died while Sullivan and his girlfriend were babysitting the infant in their Portage apartment.
Wednesday Portage Public Safety received the autopsy report from the medical examiner’s office who determined that the cause of death was homicide.
Portage Public Safety then submitted the findings to the Kalamazoo County Prosecutor’s office who issued a warrant for Felony Murder and Child Abuse 1st Degree.
Sullivan was lodged without bond in the Kalamazoo County Jail.
December 15, 2022 emergency personnel were called to the 6100 block of Applegrove Lane in Anna’s Vineyard Apartments on a report of an unresponsive 18-month-old boy. Once on scene, crews quickly assessed the infant who was still unresponsive but with a pulse.
He was transported to Bronson Hospital by Pride Care Ambulance for additional medical attention.
December 16, 2022, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the Portage Department of Public
Safety was notified the infant had died.
