On Monday (September 22, 2025), SLED confirmed the couple is now facing homicide by child abuse charges. Latimer – who was assigned to Troop 3 of the S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) – and Dionne remain incarcerated at the Oconee County detention center. ***According to affidavits filed in Oconee County, the deceased child – a four-year-old male – appeared malnourished and severely underweight. Under South Carolina law (§16-3-85), homicide by child abuse occurs when a parent or guardian causes the death of a child under the age of eleven “while committing child abuse or neglect” – or when death results from “knowingly aiding and abetting another” in such abuse or neglect. A former private investigator with a criminal justice degree, evildoers beware, Jenn Wood is far from your average journalist!