According to locals, the body of a 3-year-old boy is being disassembled in the basementfreezerof his family'sDetroithome on Friday morning. Was discovered. Law enforcement agency.
The boy was found during a welfare check conducted by Detroit police officers and thechild protection service(CPS). Five other children lived in the house.
According to Detroit Police Department chief James White, when authorities arrived home, they felt their mother was trying to leave them "as if nothing had happened." ..
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"It wouldn't have been possible without the intuition of the police," White told reporters. "When they talked to the resident of the house, they realized that there was something wrong with the conversation and the way this resident communicated with them."
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Police later found the body in the freezer, White added.
It was not immediately clear how and when the boy died, or how long his body stayed in the freezer. An autopsy is being done to find out more.
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White describes the condition of the disassembly found in a 3-year-old child who did not, but said the case shocked him and the investigators.
"We have executive support," he said. "It's something no one needs to see."
He also expressed concern to the other children who lived in the house and told reporters, "What must they have experienced?" , And they must have endured being in the house. "
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The boy's 30-year-old mother has been detained, but she has not yet been charged.
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Police captain Kimberly Blackwell takes five other children to a nearby hospitalHe saidwas evaluated. They have been handed over to Child Protection Services (CPS) and will soon be interviewed by police.
White says police are uncertain if the children know about the rotting bodies in the basement.
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Authorities have not disclosed the mother's name. Investigators said she would investigate whether she had previously contacted police or CPS. According to Blackwell, the investigation into this case will be led by a murder investigator with the help of the Child Abuse Department and CPS.
In February, Brand Tozeland, 35, was arrested after police found the body of a4-year-old boy in the freezer of his family's house.
The boy's brother handed a note to her teacher who turned the law enforcement agency over. This memo was written by her mother, who said she was unwillingly detained by her boyfriend and did not know the whereabouts of her son.
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Police executed a house search warrant and found the child's body in the garage freezer.
— Use files from Michelle Butterfield of GlobalNews
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