On July 12, 2017, Racine police found 3-year-old Jere’Miah Pitt dead in an apartment from a single gunshot wound to the chest. His father, 30-year-old Jeffrey Pitt Jr., was the adult caring for him that night. Pitt Jr. told officers he had drunk five shots, put a movie on for his son, and fell asleep; he initially denied having any firearm.

Investigators later found a .40-caliber handgun hidden under Pitt Jr.’s dresser. He admitted owning the gun and gave a revised account that he had fallen asleep with the loaded weapon in his waistband while Jere’Miah lay beside him, saying he was too intoxicated to feel the gun removed or hear the shot. He also asked a neighbor to dispose of the firearm after discovering the child’s body.

Pitt Jr. was charged with first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and possession of a firearm by a felon. He pleaded guilty to first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon and received an aggregate sentence of 28 years initial confinement and 13 years extended supervision. Did anyone in Jere’Miah’s life or neighborhood see or hear anything that night that could add context to what happened?