The Winnipeg Police Service has charged a 22-year-old man with manslaughter in connection to the death of a baby boy.

Police said on Aug. 30 around 10:45 p.m. they went to a home in the first 100 block of Idlewild Bay due to the report of a 21-month-old boy who was unresponsive.

The child was taken to hospital in critical condition where he died. Officers said blunt force trauma injuries were found on his upper body.

"The child was later found unresponsive by his mother who contacted 911," said Const. Jay Murray Sunday

Murray said the accused is the mother’s boyfriend, not the child’s biological father.

Police said the man allegedly hurt the boy two different times on Aug. 30: once at a home in the 300 block of Redwood Avenue and another time at the home on Idlewild Bay.

Mother wants justice for Drake

April Thompson has identified the deceased as her son, Drake Catcheway.

Thompson said she learned about the extent of his injuries on Friday.

“I never expected his autopsy to be like that,” said Thompson through tears, during an interview via Facebook from Portage la Prairie with CTV News Sunday.

“I thought he fell by himself and then finding out his autopsy, his three head wounds he had, and his kidneys, stomach and lungs were bleeding,” she said.

In the first incident, Thompson said she thought Drake fell off a bed where she lived with her boyfriend on Redwood Avenue.

That evening, Thompson said she took Drake to her boyfriend's family home on Idlewild Bay.

She said she didn't put Drake to bed herself at the house and when she went to check on him about an hour later decided to call 911.

“I thought my son was sleeping, and I tried to wake him and he was unresponsive,” she said.

Two neighbours tell CTV News there was commotion on the street one night at the end of August.

They said they saw an ambulance, a fire truck and several police cars.

Thompson said she was with her boyfriend for six months and saw him every day. 

She said she needs closure and won’t rest until there is justice.

“My baby needs, deserves more than that. We need justice for Drake,” she said.

Winnipeg police make arrest

Police said the arrest comes one month after the boy's death because of the work that went into the case.

They said investigators worked meticulously to interview witnesses and obtain evidence.

Winnipeg’s Allen Joseph Frier Beardy was arrested after an investigation by the WPS child abuse unit.

Beardy is in custody.