SLIDELL, La. — “He was a very sweet boy. He was my only boy. He was always smiling,” said Rosario Ramirez, who is , Jeremiah Ramirez, 6.

“There are days that are like a roller coaster, days good and not good, just trying to recognize he’s no more with us," Ramirez said.

Weeks after the greatest loss of her life, Ramirez learned the .

Initially, authorities accused Cody Beaudette of leaving Jeremiah to die after he was hit by a car while playing in the driveway. Beaudette spent days behind bars before investigators said he was not involved. More than two weeks after the incident, deputies .

In a statement, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said in part, “We believe in holding individuals accountable, but also have a duty to correct course when the facts demand it.”

Beaudette’s a

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