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(AP) -- ATLANTA (AP) - The Fulton County Medical Examiner's office says a 12-year-old boy who was reported to have suffered a heat stroke did not die of natural causes.

Mike Alsip, an investigator at the medical examiner's office, says the boy, who died Thursday, definitely died as a result of violence.

Emergency workers went to an apartment complex in south Fulton County Thursday afternoon after a 911 caller reported a child had suffered a heat stroke. The boy was transported to South Fulton Medical Center, where he died.

Fulton County police say they're awaiting a report from the medical examiner on the cause of death.

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ATLANTA (AP) - Police say two people are charged with murder and child cruelty in Fulton County for the death of a 12-year-old boy.

Police say the boy collapsed on Thursday after his sister, Sabrina Powell, and her boyfriend, Omar Pitts. forced him to stand outdoors holding a bucket as punishment.

The boy's name has not been released.

Emergency workers went to an apartment complex in south Fulton County Thursday afternoon after a 911 caller reported a child had suffered a heat stroke. The boy was transported to South Fulton Medical Center, where he died.

Mike Alsip, an investigator at the Fulton County medical examiner's office, says the boy definitely died as a result of violence.

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