11-month-old boy on South Side dies months after suffering head trauma from apparent child abuse

An 11-month-old boy has died more than seven months after suffering "severe brain damage" from apparent child abuse, according to Chicago police.

D’Siyah Thomas died Thursday morning at La Rabida Children’s Hospital in Chicago of complications from “inflicted head trauma,” the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. His death was ruled a homicide.

D’Siyah had been rushed to Comer Children’s Hospital on April 18 after someone called a child abuse hotline, said Officer Jessica Alvarez, a spokeswoman for the Chicago police.

“He was in critical condition,’’ Alvarez said.

The boy was later transferred to La Rabida, where he was pronounced dead at 9:53 a.m. Thursday, the medical examiner’s office said. The boy lived in the 9600 block of South Calumet Avenue in the Rosemoor neighborhood.

No details were available on how the boy was injured or whether anyone has been charged. A representative with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services was not immediately available.

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