From the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office:

On April 22, 2019 at approximately 6:30 p.m., the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office responded to an infant death at 1524 Roanoke Avenue, Kinston. The incident began when the mother of a 21 month old boy called 911 because her son was limp and not responding. Firefighters and law enforcement in the area responded to assist the child. The child was pronounced dead. As standard, deputies conducted a crime scene investigation and conducted interviews of the persons present at the time.

Due to the age of the child, detectives requested an autopsy from the NC Medical Examiners Office in Greenville, NC. The results of that autopsy were reported to detectives that showed the infant had suffered traumatic injuries that led to or caused the death of the child and proper medical attention was not given.

With that information, detectives investigated and built a timeline of events for the infants location and who the child was with in his last days and hours. Detectives gained probable cause to believe that the child was in the custody of the mother, Heather Nicole Lipscomb when the injury occurred.

Warrants were issued for the suspect and Heather Nicole Lipscomb was arrested on July 4th, 2019 for an open county of Murder. She is being held in Lenoir County Detention Center with no bond.