Tulsa Police: Teenage Mother Admits To Abuse Prior To Child's Death

By Ashli Sims & NewsOn6.com

TULSA, OK – Homicide charges are pending against a teenage mother in the death of her seven-week-old baby boy.

Officers with the Tulsa Police Department started their investigation into the death of Kai'den Terry on September 27th.  Officers responded to the 6900 block of South Trenton Avenue where the child was found unresponsive and pronounced dead.

Kai'den's mother, 18-year-old Dominique Lee, told detectives she didn't know what happened to her baby.

Police say Kai'den had minor bruising on his lower legs near his ankles, but otherwise did not have any obvious external injuries to suggest a cause of death.

An autopsy by the Medical Examiner revealed a bruise on the left side of the baby's head with two subdural hemorrhages, according to Tulsa Police.

Child Crisis Detectives then interviewed Dominique Lee again on December 8th, while she was in custody on unrelated robbery charges.

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Police say that's when Lee admitted that on the night of Kai'den's death, she was upset due to a lengthy text message argument with Kai'den's biological father.  Police say Dominique admitted that she grabbed Kai'den by the ankles, pulled him off the end of the bed and threw him head first onto the floor.  Lee told detectives that Kai'den then stopped breathing.

According to police, Kai'den Terry's death is classified as Tulsa's 67th homicide of the year.