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Shane Zachary Flowers Charged In Death Of 18-Month-Old Son Found At South LA Motel

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A man accused in the death of his son, who was found unresponsive at a South Los Angeles motel, was charged Friday with murder.

Shane Zachary Flowers, 23, was arrested Wednesday in the death of the 18-month-old. He was detained by Torrance police before being booked by the LAPD on suspicion of child abuse resulting in death.

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The boy was rushed Tuesday to a hospital in medical distress from Rosa Bell Motel, in the 5600 block of South Western Avenue. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The cause of the boy's death was not released.

Flowers is being held on $100,000 bail.

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