A six-month-old boy who was kidnapped with his twin brother last month died Saturday night, according to police.
Columbus, Ohio police said officers were dispatched to a home on East Whittier Street just before 11 p.m. Saturday over reports that a baby was not breathing. The baby was transported to Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 11:44 p.m.
Ky’air and Kason Thomas were abducted from their Columbus home last month.
(Columbus Police Division)
Police confirmed the child was 6-month-old Ky’air Thomas, and an autopsy is expected to take place on Monday.
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A department representative said the incident is being actively investigated and, as of Sunday afternoon, was not related to the boy’s abduction.
Nalah Jackson, 24, was criminally charged in two states after a three-day manhunt for allegedly kidnapping the twins, then 5-month-olds.
Jackson was ultimately arrested in Indianapolis on Dec. 22, 2022, and charged with felony assault with bodily waste, according to Marion County, Indiana jail records. She was later extradited to Columbus, Ohio, where Jackson would face two counts of kidnapping.
Nalah Jackson is suspected of abducting 5-month-old Kasson Thomas in Columbus, Ohio on December 19, 2022. Surveillance video captured her at a gas station in Huber Heights afterward.
(Columbus Police Division)
She was later indicted on two federal counts of kidnapping a minor.
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Police had been searching for Jackson since Dec. 19, when he allegedly stole a vehicle from Columbus Donato’s Pizza while the boys’ mother was inside to pick up a DoorDash order.
Ky’air Thomas was found abandoned but safe at Dayton International Airport, nearly 70 miles from the pizzeria where the vehicle was stolen.
Kason Thomas remained missing until December 22, when the vehicle Jackson was charged with was found parked outside a Papa Johns in Indianapolis.
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The officers found Jackson and arrested her. They continued to search for Kason until they finally found him.
