TRAESHON DeWAYNE SANDERS - 2 yo (2011)/ Suspect: Father; Dontral Sanders - Galveston TX

Police were looking Friday to arrest the father of a boy, 2, whose death one officer described as “disturbing.”

Bond for Dontrel Alexander Sanders, 24, was set at $225,000 on a charge of serious bodily injury to a child, Galveston police Capt. Jeff Heyse said.

A cash reward was offered for information leading to Sanders’ arrest in connection with the death of his son, Traeshon Dewayne Sanders. Police didn’t list an amount of the reward.

Police issued a wanted poster Friday with Dontrel Sanders’ photo and charge.

Sanders was not in custody Friday afternoon.

Sanders was possibly with an acquaintance in a white Ford Crown Victoria with the Texas license plate LTY235. There were possibly two young children in the car, Heyse said.

The charge of injury to a child is a first-degree felony, police said.

If convicted, Sanders could face life in prison, according to state statutes.

Police received a call from a man requesting medical help Sunday evening in the 5400 block of Avenue L. An officer found Traeshon Sanders unresponsive.

Officer Jamie Osteen performed CPR on the boy until an ambulance crew arrived.

Traeshon was pronounced dead upon his arrival at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Heyse called circumstances of the boy’s death “disturbing,” but he declined to elaborate, citing the need to protect information that was key to the investigation.

Detectives worked Traeshon’s death as a homicide. The medical examiner, however, hasn’t ruled on a cause of death, which was pending further investigation.

Child Protective Services took custody of the boy’s 1-year-old brother, Heyse said.

Heyse asked anyone with information on Sanders’ whereabouts to call police at 409-765-3702 or Galveston County Crime Stoppers at 409-763-8477.

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GALVESTON — A man wanted in connection with the Feb. 27 death of a 2-year-old surrendered to police Saturday night.

Dontrel Alexander Sanders, 24, turned himself into officer Tommy Maffei of the Galveston Police Department at 7 p.m. Saturday, a news release said. He was brought to the police station by family members and taken into police custody without incident.

Sanders is charged with injury to a child.

Also Saturday, the La Marque Police Department officers arrested the 2-year-old’s mother.

Porsche Mitchell, 22, was arrested at about 1:45 p.m. Saturday at a La Marque residence. Mitchell is charged with endangering a child and injury to a child.

Both are felony charges with the total bond set at $150,000.

On Feb. 27, Galveston officers responded to a request for medical help in the 5400 block of Avenue L. Traeshon Dewayne Sanders, 2, was later pronounced dead upon arrival at the University of Texas Medical Branch.

Heyse called the death “disturbing,” and detectives worked the death as a homicide. The boy’s 1-year-old brother was taken into custody of Child Protective Services.

The exact injury or combination of injuries that killed Young is still unclear, police said.

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