Cameron Dyshawn Patterson Jr. was 2½ years old when he died in Phoenix, Arizona, in August 2015. A 911 call in the early morning hours of August 10 reported a child not breathing; paramedics pronounced Cameron dead at 4:51 a.m., and investigators estimated he had been dead about an hour. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled the cause complications of blunt force trauma to the head and torso and classified the manner of death as homicide.

Arizona’s Department of Child Safety reported the family was already under active supervision for earlier concerns about domestic violence and neglect. DCS identified Cameron’s mother, Zerian Clark, then 21, and her boyfriend, Jiree Tate, then 22, as the principal alleged perpetrators and concluded both abused or failed to protect him. DCS removed a sibling to licensed foster care and filed dependency petitions while multidisciplinary teams reviewed the fatality. DCS documents do not specify the status or outcomes of any criminal charges.

Does anyone have verifiable information about court proceedings or the family’s case timeline that could clarify what followed the fatality?