A two-year-old boy, Demetric Hampton Jr., died after being found unresponsive at a home on the 1600 block of 6th Street Northwest in Center Point, Alabama. First responders were called in the early morning hours of May 13, 2020; the child was transported to a Birmingham hospital and pronounced dead. Initial statements by the boy’s father, Demetric Hampton Sr., said the child had choked while eating and that he had cleared the airway and begun life-saving measures.

Medical examination showed multiple severe injuries and burns inconsistent with the father’s account, prompting a Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Hampton Sr., then 26, and the child’s stepmother, 24-year-old Terrica Harris, were arrested. Hampton Sr. was charged with murder and aggravated child abuse; Harris was charged with aggravated child abuse. In May 2021 a grand jury returned an indictment upgrading Hampton Sr.’s charge to capital murder and also indicted Harris on aggravated child abuse; both were held in the Jefferson County Jail as the case moved forward.

Are there anyone who knew the family or saw the child in Center Point around May 2020 who can provide information?