SAN DIEGO (AP) – San Diego police have determined the causes of death of a 40-year-old woman and her two-year-old son who plunged from the third level of San Diego’s Petco Park, just as thousands of baseball fans were heading inside for a Padres game last year.
Raquel Wilkins’ death on September 25, 2021, has been classified as a suicide, and her son Denzel Browning-Wilkins’ death has been classified as a homicide, the San Diego Police Department said in a statement on Wednesday.
“The detectives conducted a thorough and comprehensive investigation that included dozens of interviews, reviewing of available video footage, and collecting background information to determine what led to the deaths,” the statement said.
The determinations were made in consultation with the San Diego County Medical Examiner, police said.
