Mobile Police Investigate After 6-Year-Old Boy Found Dead at Navco Oaks Apartments

Mobile police are investigating after a 6-year-old boy was found dead at the Navco Oaks Apartments on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 1.

Homicide investigators responded to the scene, though authorities noted that does not necessarily mean foul play was involved. Few details were released as the investigation got underway.

In an update, Mobile police said the boy’s mother — identified only as a 44-year-old woman — may have information connected to his death. Officers had found her unconscious around noon in the parking lot of an At Home furniture store on Schillinger Road.

The investigation remained ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to call Mobile police at 251-208-7211 or submit a tip online.

What happens next

In deaths under investigation in Alabama, autopsies are performed by the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, whose findings on the cause and manner of death help investigators determine whether any charges are warranted.