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Ian Blair was a 5-year-old boy from north Phoenix who was injured while under care at home on Sunday, May 18, 2014, and died from those injuries on May 21, 2014. That weekend his mother had left Ian, his 3-year-old sister, and a 4-month-old sibling with 16-year-old Justin Hoskins, the teenage son of her live-in boyfriend, who routinely babysat the children.

Hoskins ordered him to stand in the corner; when Ian refused, Hoskins later said he shoved the child hard in the chest. Ian’s head snapped back, he fell and struck his head, and he became unresponsive. Hoskins did not contact emergency services. Several hours later the family found Ian unresponsive, soaked in urine and vomit. At the hospital doctors found retinal hemorrhages, extensive facial and body bruising, severe brain swelling and abnormal posturing; investigators described the injuries as non-accidental. Ian’s siblings were removed from the home after the incident.

Police charged Hoskins with child abuse and failing to seek medical care; he was arrested and held on bond as the case moved to county court. Does anyone have information about Ian, the household, or the days before May 18, 2014?