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‘That boy was perfect’: Toronto father mourns 3-year-old son who died in suspected homicide
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‘That boy was perfect’: Toronto father mourns 3-year-old son who died in suspected homicide
Description
December 12, 2023
The father of a three-year-old boy found dead by police at the beginning of December is calling for answers. Based on the early stages of their investigation, Toronto police said they believe the boy was with a woman, who was not his mother, on the day before he died. “That boy was perfect, he didn’t bother nobody,” Yverson Belotte, the father of Yverson Junior Quintanni Belotte, told Global’s Catherine McDonald on Tuesday.
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‘That boy was perfect’: Toronto father mourns 3-year-old son who died in suspected homicide02:19 | December 12, 2023
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‘That boy was perfect’: Toronto father mourns 3-year-old son who died in suspected homicide02:19 | December 12, 2023
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‘That boy was perfect’: Toronto father mourns 3-year-old son who died in suspected homicide
Description
December 12, 2023
The father of a three-year-old boy found dead by police at the beginning of December is calling for answers. Based on the early stages of their investigation, Toronto police said they believe the boy was with a woman, who was not his mother, on the day before he died. “That boy was perfect, he didn’t bother nobody,” Yverson Belotte, the father of Yverson Junior Quintanni Belotte, told Global’s Catherine McDonald on Tuesday.
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