Chantilly woman, 20, charged with murder of 11-month-old
Carol Lutsky indicted Tuesday in boy’s death last October
by Gregg MacDonald Staff writer
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advertisement The case of an 11-month-old Reston boy who died in October after being taken from a Vienna home that was later deemed uninhabitable by county officials has this week culminated with a murder charge, according to police.
Carol Lutsky, 20, of Summit Manor Court in Chantilly, was indicted Tuesday and charged with the child abuse, neglect and murder of Nehemiah Williams, Town of Vienna Police said Tuesday.
On Oct. 5, Lutsky, a caregiver living in the home in the 1100 block of Lakewood Drive, SW, took Nehemiah from the Vienna residence to his mother’s home on Freetown Court in Reston, police said.
After attempts to revive the unresponsive boy by both Lutsky and his mother, he was taken to Reston Medical Center and later transported by helicopter to Children’s National Medical Center in the district, where he was pronounced dead the next day, police said.
As the death occurred at Children’s National Medical Center, the District of Columbia Medical Examiner’s office assumed the case and performed the autopsy.
Police said Tuesday that the results of the autopsy revealed that Nehemiah died as a result of blunt force trauma to the upper body and his death was ruled a homicide.
“Through the investigation, it was determined Lutsky was a suspect in the case,” said Vienna police spokesman Gary Lose.
Following the boy’s death, Lutsky’s Vienna home was deemed uninhabitable by the Fairfax Department of Code Compliance. A sign on the house read: “This area is unsafe and its use or occupancy has been prohibited by the fire official.”
The home’s code violation was incidental to the homicide investigation and was not a factor in the case, according to Lose.
Police said on July 16, Vienna police detectives presented the results of the homicide investigation to a Fairfax County grand jury.
Lutsky was arrested Monday and taken into custody on charges by detectives from the Town of Vienna Police Department with the assistance of the Fairfax County Police Department.
Lutsky was transported to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and held without bond.
Attorney information for her has not been made available.
Ms. Carol Lutsky, 20, of Summit Manor Court in Chantilly, Virginia was indicted and charged with Child Abuse/Neglect and Murder in the death of an 11-month-old
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