That child, 2-year-old Byron McDonald, was found in a room at the Aloft Hotel near Philadelphia International Airport.
It was also found that there was the suspect in this case, 28-year-old Byron McDonald II, and the suspect’s mother. The police think she was the one who booked the hotel room.
Both are now in custody.
Byron McDonald II is also suspected of murdering the child’s mother and grandmother.
One of those murders happened at about 1:30 PM on Friday in block 2500 of N. Bancroft Street, where the child was also missing.
In that case, the child’s grandmother, 50-year-old Tamara Aikens, was shot.
The child’s mother was found dead after police were called to conduct a welfare check at a house in block 4800 of North 8th Street around 9 a.m. Monday.
Sources say agents responding here discovered the body of 25-year-old Morgan Tenae Braxton.
She was shot in the face in the dining room of a house and pronounced dead on the spot.
Sources tell Action News that Braxton and McDonald had ongoing domestic disputes surrounding McDonald, who felt he didn’t have enough access to see his son.
A hotel employee noticed that the car police were looking and called the police. A heavy police presence could be seen in the hotel as officers carried out a search.
Guests were evacuated Monday afternoon while the search was underway.
“I think someone was trying to call our phone from downstairs, telling us maybe we should stay in our room. But we came back downstairs to try and get food anyway,” said Alicia Johnson of Upper Darby.
It’s a relief for Johnson and her boyfriend, Donte Mosley, who say he was mistaken for McDonald.
“I said ‘what are the police following us for?’ I was just released from prison this morning, ”he said.
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