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Keshan Darrel Allen
ATHENS-On Friday, May 12, 2023, at approximately 1030 MT, Athens Police Department officers responded to a local apartment complex. It had been reported that a two-year-old child was unresponsive. He was transported to Athens-Limestone Hospital and was pronounced dead a few hours later. Detectives immediately launched an investigation.
On Tuesday, May 16, 2023, Keshan Darrel Allen (29, of Athens) was questioned by detectives. Allen is the deceased toddler’s stepfather. Allen was eventually arrested and charged with Murder and Aggravated Child Abuse.
APD was assisted by the Limestone County Coroner, Mike West; Limestone County District Attorney Brian Jones, the Alabama Department of Human Resources, the local Children’s Advocacy Center, and the Alabama Department of Forensic Science Huntsville Lab.
Due to the ongoing nature of this investigation, no other information will be released at this time.
Media Release/Brett M. Constable/Captain Athens Police Department
