BARBERTON, Ohio -- A 15-year-old Akron boy was arrested Wednesday in connection with the rape and death of a 3-year-old relative.

Barberton police said the boy was identified by DNA recovered by investigators after Makayla Jones was assaulted June 19.

Lt. Brian Jamison said the suspect was arrested Wednesday when he was brought to the Barberton Police Department and surrendered. He was taken to the Summit County Juvenile Justice Center. (The Plain Dealer does not reveal the names of juveniles charged with crimes.)

Makayla died June 22 in Akron Children's Hospital from injuries sustained a few days earlier when she was raped, police said today. The child left her home on Arlington Street in Akron to visit her father in Barberton and was staying with him when the rape occurred, police said in a news release.

The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that the child died from trauma incurred in the sexual assault.

Barberton police worked with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, the Summit County Prosecutor's Office and the juvenile authorities to identifying the suspect.

"It took a long time for the evidence test results to come back and they finally did," said Jamison. "We waited until we got the DNA test results back which came back to the suspect."

Jamison said the police department does not plan to ask that the teenager be tried as an adult, but a juvenile court judge will make that decision.

The suspect's attorney, Greg Price of Akron, could not be reached for comment.