UPDATE: Cheyenne Police Department spokesman Officer Dan Long has issued a clarification to the original police statement. He now says Child was arrested at 2319 Pioneer in Cheyenne. The incident happened at 3531 Hynds, but not the arrest.

The Cheyenne Police Department arrested a man at 3531 Hynds Blvd. on July 31 at 11:45 a.m. in connection with a murder investigation.

Tyler Child, 30, of Cheyenne, was arrested and booked into the Laramie County jail on a second degree murder charge.

Officer Dan Long says the investigation started on June 30 when Cheyenne Police were sent to Mr. Child’s home for a dead six month old child. At the time of the incident Tyler Child was watching his girlfriend’s two children.

An autopsy of the six month old child was performed and the pathologist determined the cause of death was homicide.

This case remains under investigation by the Cheyenne Police Department.

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