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22.01.2022 - 05:11 / perezhilton.com
Police in San Diego believe they have discovered the reason why a woman and her 2-year-old son who fell to their deaths at a Major League Baseball game at Petco Park last season.
However, the attorney representing the deceased mom and baby’s family has come forward to strongly disagree with the police department’s findings.
As we reported back in September, a woman later identified as Raquel Wilkins and her 2-year-old son Denzel Browning-Wilkins both died after they apparently went over a railing and fell down three stories at a San Diego Padres game at the downtown San Diego baseball stadium.
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Authorities considered the deaths highly “suspicious” at the time of the incident — and now, cops say they have made a determination. On Wednesday, San Diego PD Lieutenant Andra Brown released a statement to the news media revealing that they believe Wilkins and her son died in a horrific murder-suicide.
Brown explained, as reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune (below):
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Now, it should be noted that at least one witness statement would appear to contradict the murder-suicide designation. Per the media report, one witness repeatedly described Wilkins as “happy” and “laughing” as she was jumping up and down on a picnic table moments before “she lost her balance and this time, fell over the edge.”
Attorney Dan Gilleon, who is representing Wilkins’ family, released his own statement to the newspaper alleging that this ruling is simply a way to protect the city — who owns a 70 percent stake in Petco Park — from legal liability.
Gilleon explained:
In his argument, Gilleon pointed to a moment two days after the incident back in late September, when San Diego Mayor Tod
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