Two rel­a­tives of five-year-old Sha­keel Williams re­mained in po­lice cus­tody up to yes­ter­day af­ter­noon, as po­lice sought an­swers about the child’s death.

Sha­keel was found un­re­spon­sive at his grand­moth­er’s Doolay Lane, El So­cor­ro, San Juan home on Sep­tem­ber 2.

He was tak­en to the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Sci­ences Com­plex, Mt Hope, where he was de­clared dead.

How­ev­er, ex­am­in­ing doc­tors found sev­er­al marks be­lieved to be con­sis­tent with a beat­ing on his body and called in the po­lice.

An au­top­sy last week con­firmed Sha­keel died by blunt force trau­ma.

The find­ings of the au­top­sy led po­lice to re­clas­si­fy Sha­keel’s death as a mur­der.

Po­lice sources con­firmed that two rel­a­tives, a man and woman, both in their twen­ties, were ar­rest­ed on Tues­day and re­mained in po­lice cus­tody yes­ter­day. (SS)