2-month-old’s suspicious death now considered homicide with latest autopsy report

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Kansas City Police Department announced Wednesday that a baby’s suspicious death in late 2024 is now considered a homicide.

According to police, Mateo Rideout was born Sept. 5, 2024, and died exactly two months later on Nov. 5, 2024.

Days prior, on October 26, officers were dispatched to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Staff reported that Rideout had been assaulted and suffered life-threatening injuries that he ultimately succumbed to.

ALSO READ: Kansas City police release name of man killed when argument escalated to gunfire

Detectives ruled Rideout’s death suspicious until they could receive the autopsy results. Those results were returned on June 10, 2025, and indicated his death was a homicide.

The case has been forwarded to the Platte County Prosecutor’s Office for charges. No further information regarding a criminal case was released.

KCPD noted that the death has increased 2024’s homicide total by one.