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Mother and son death at Petco Park ruled a murder-suicide

SAN DIEGO (KYMA, KECY) - Law enforcement investigators have released the causes of death for a San Diego mother and her child who died last September outside Petco Park.

They have ruled the child's death as a homicide and the 40-year-old mother's death was determined to be a suicide.

Police say Raquel Wilkins intentionally fell over the edge of the stands with her 2-year-old son, Denzel Browning-Wilkins.

Their deaths were deemed 'suspicious' at the time.

Investigators say their probe “included dozens of interviews, reviewing of available video footage and collecting background information to determine what led to the deaths.”

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April Hettinger

April was born and raised in San Diego where she loved the beach town and her two dogs, Lexi and Malibu. She decided to trade the beach for the snow and advanced her education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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