That is a sad case. It sounds like a classic case of child abuse, but perhaps the particular detective was on to something with it being a natural death. The only thing that makes that theory plausible to me, is that it was mentioned that the coroner felt the child had been ill perhaps a year before his passing. It would have been interesting to know what the psychic he went to said, but that was only given brief mention in the article.
oh man....this is truely a sad story. Not only the death but just the fact that we dont know much about his life up to his death is the most saddening thing.