Details about Denver boy’s death emerge, name of 16-year-old accuser released

Update: According to KMGH in Denver, the name of the 16-year-old who is accused of killing her 7-year-old nephew has been released.

According to the new documents, Jennie Bunsom was charged with first-degree murder after deliberation and first-degree murder of a person under the age of 12 by a person in a position of trust in the death of 7-year-old Jordan Vong. Bunsom is his aunt.

The Associated Press reports, investigators say Bunsom is facing charges in the death of her nephew after she told them she was upset with the boy because he laid on her bed and refused to leave her room after he asked her to play video games with him.

A probable cause statement says the 16-year-old girl, pushed Jordan Vong off the bed Aug. 6, causing him to hit his face on the floor. According to the court document, the girl put her hand over the boy’s mouth and plugged his nose when he started crying.

The Denver Post reports the teen is accused of sliding Jordan under the bed after he became unresponsive and later hiding his body in a closet. District Attorney Beth McCann said Monday her office is planning to charge the girl as an adult with first-degree murder and fatal child abuse.

Jordan’s family called police Aug. 6 after he had been missing for a few hours. Investigators went through the east Denver home twice before securing a warrant for a more thorough search the following day. That search turned up the body, which had been wrapped in a blanket.

The coroner’s office has not released the cause of Jordan’s death.