A 10-year-old boy who authorities allege was killed by his foster mother asked a neighbor to adopt him minutes before he was killed.
The boy, identified as Dakota Levi Stevens in court documents obtained by WGN, NBC Chicago and CBS Chicago, died on April 25 after a medical emergency in Liberty Township, Ind., the Porter County Sheriff’s Office said in a release.
Two months after Dakota’s death, authorities issued an arrest warrant for his foster mother, Jennifer Lee Wilson, 48, on a charge of reckless homicide, PEOPLE previously reported. Wilson was arrested on July 13 in Berrien County, Mich., the county’s sheriff’s office said in a release.
Wilson is currently in custody in Michigan on a fugitive of justice warrant. Court records indicate that the charges in Indiana are pending and do not list a plea. It’s not immediately clear if she has retained an attorney.
Police said Dakota had bruising on his neck and chest, WGN, NBC Chicago and CBS Chicago reported, citing a probable cause affidavit.
WGN reported that Wilson admitted to lying on top of Dakota for five minutes before the boy stopped moving, according to the affidavit.
Police also reviewed the home’s Ring camera footage, CBS reported. In it, Wilson can allegedly be heard saying, “I was laying on him and he was acting bad.”
About 30 minutes before emergency vehicles came to Wilson’s home, Dakota ran to a neighbor’s house and asked her to adopt him, according to the outlets.
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CBS reported that the boy allegedly asked the neighbor to adopt him because his parents would hit him in the face, according to the affidavit.
Wilson then arrived to bring Dakota home and the neighbor reportedly told police that she didn’t see any signs of injury on the 10-year-old, CBS reported.
NBC reported that Dakota’s cause of death was determined to be mechanical asphyxia, while the manner of death was ruled a homicide.