CHICAGO — A 23-year-old man has been arrested months after he was accused of returning his infant son to the child’s mother dead in a stroller.
Anthony Evans was arrested on Monday, November 13, following the death of his 2-month-old Kayson Flowers in April of this year, Chicago police said in a statement this week.
The child was not named in the statement, but has since been identified by his family on Facebook and local news outlets.
The investigation began on April 28, 2025, after Kayson was found “unresponsive” in a Chicago, Ill. home. The child was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.
His family was reportedly told by doctors that he had been dead for six to eight hours, according to a “Justice For’Kayson” page that was set up soon after his death.
Kayson’s mother, Kayla Flowers, had allowed Evans to spend a week with their son on April 19, according to a post on the Facebook page. Evans returned the child to his mother on April 28 in a car seat/stroller and allegedly told her that Kayson was asleep.
“Me, not thinking anything of it, because it was raining, I just took my baby to the house, because I didn’t want my child to get sick,” Kayla told ABC7.
In a few minutes, when Kayla was inside the home, she claims she “uncovered” the stroller and found Kayson “unresponsive—black and blue,” according to the outlet and the post on the Justice For’Kayson page.
A coroner ruled Kayson died from multiple injuries as a result of child abuse, ABC7 reported. Evans has not been charged with child abuse.
“My son didn’t deserve that. He was only 2 months… 2 months. He can’t fight back,” Kayla told ABC7 in May. “This is heartbreaking for me seeing my child in that condition.”
Evans has been charged with one felony count of murder with strong probability of death/injury, according to the statement from Chicago police.
Plea and attorney information for him were not immediately available.
By SAMIRA ASMA-SADEQUE/People
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