HARDY (WSLS 10) - The family of a three-year-old who died Sunday from an apparent gunshot wound has identified him as Isaiah and issued a statement about the loss the little boy.
Isaiah's maternal grandmother memorialized her grandson by saying,
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He was a perfect angel, whose smile now lights the heavens, he was a silly heart, who wanted to be a ninja when he grew up, so god probley [sic] has sore knee caps tonight because his ninja knee kick was spectacular."
Isaiah died Sunday.
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The Franklin County Sheriff's Office said rescue crews went to Heatherton Dr. after someone reported a child was unconscious and unresponsive. Emergency crews and law enforcement tried to resuscitate the child, but were unsuccessful. They continued to attempt to save the child for 30 minutes after the child was pronounced dead at the scene.
The child's body was sent to the Medical Examiner's office for autopsy. Results from the Medical Examiner's office showed the cause of death was a small caliber gunshot wound.
The investigation and evidence found at the scene led to charges of involuntary manslaughter and felony child abuse/neglect on the father of the child, 32-year-old Jeremiah Keith Neiderhiser. Neiderhiser was held in the Western Virginia Regional Jail on a $250,000 bond.
Neiderhiser was looking for a lawyer. A court date had not been set.
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