Arrest Made in Connection to Child Death in Thomaston

On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the Maine State Police Major Crimes Unit obtained an arrest warrant for 23-year-old Aziayh Scott of Owls Head charging him with Manslaughter in connection to the death of the 22-month-old Quayshawn Wilson that occurred on Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Thomaston. The Office of Chief Medical Examiner in Augusta conducted an autopsy on Thursday, May 30, 2024, and ruled the cause of death was blunt force trauma and manner of death was homicide. Scott, who is originally from Louisianna, had recently moved to Maine and was living with his girlfriend and the child in Owls Head.  Detectives learned after going to the residence in Owls Head on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the couple had returned to Louisianna. After learning this information, Maine State Police Detectives coordinated with Louisianna State Police and the U.S. Marshals Service Maine Violent Offender Task Force and Scott was arrested this morning, Wednesday, June 5, 2024, in the city of New Orleans. Scott was taken to Orleans Parish Prison in New Orleans and the process to extradite Scott back to Maine for the charge of Manslaughter will now begin.