The body of a missing Louisiana 2-year-old boy was found in a trash can Tuesday and the boy’s mother and her boyfriend have been charged with murder, police said.
Ezekiel Harry reportedly went missing around noon and was found about 6 p.m. on Daspit Street, according to Houma Police.
The department, supported by Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office, began investigating a possible abduction around the 100 block of Mahler Street.
The boy’s mother, 38-year-old Maya Jones and her boyfriend, 37-year-old Jermaine Robinson, are in custody and charged with first-degree murder and obstruction of justice.
The investigation led police to suspect foul play when the mother’s statement about a man in a gray truck snatching the child proved “immediately” inaccurate, Houma Police said in a news release.
Jones reportedly went for a walk with the child and three other children from Cadiere Street earlier in the day, then she reported the boy went missing near Bayou Terrebonne.
Other charges could be pending.
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