Death by Cop 2021-2025
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Isaiah Joseph Dionne
Gender : Male
Age : 4
Race : White
Date : 09/19/2025
Location : 400 block of Forest Acres Circle
City : Walhalla
County : Oconee County
State : South Carolina
Agency : South Carolina Highway Patrol
Officer(s) :Joshua Emanuel Lamar Latimer
Cause of Death : Unknown
Event : Child killed by abuse by officer
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
On 09/19/2025, Isaiah Joseph Dionne, age 4, was found unresponsive in his home in Walhalla, South Carolina. The county coroner ruled the death a homicide and described Isaiah as severely underweight and malnourished, with visible ribs and bones. He weighed approximately 21 pounds. Two individuals, Joshua Emanuel Lamar Latimer, a then-South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper, and Destiny Shay Dionne (the boy’s mother), were charged with unlawful conduct toward a child and homicide by child abuse after allegedly placing him (and a 2-year-old child) at unreasonable risk of harm. Latimer was terminated from his law enforcement post on Sept. 19 upon his arrest.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wrdw.com/2025/09/23/2-arrested-including-sc-highway-patrol-trooper-death-4-year-old/
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/crime/article312226166.html
https://www.foxcarolina.com/2025/11/06/bond-denied-again-former-trooper-charged-disturbing-death-of-child/
