Las Vegas Boy Found Dead in Freezer

Las Vegas police are still undergoing investigation in the case of a child being found dead in a freezer. The boy was found in the home of his mother and her boyfriend.

The mother’s boyfriend was arrested as a suspect and was detained on two kidnapping charges and a murder charge, after authorities searched the home and found the body of the preschool-age boy, who was last seen in December.

The investigation into the home started after the mother gave a note to her other child, who was instructed to give it to their elementary school teacher, officials said.

The note said the mother was being held against her will and that she has not seen her son since Dec. 11th. She without a doubt assumed he was dead.

The teacher forwarded the note to Clark County School District Police Department officers, who called Las Vegas police, officials said.

Police officers surveilled the home until they saw the couple leave at about 10 a.m. Tuesday, when they pulled them over for questioning, according to the report.

The mother explained to the police she was being physically abused by her boyfriend. She also stated that the boyfriend refused to let her near their garage and was yelled at when she would ask questions about her son.

Homicide detectives returned hours later with a warrant to search the home. They then found the boy in a freezer, located within the garage, shortly after the search began.

Investigators are calling the case a “domestic-related homicide of a child. The identities of the involved suspect and victims have not been released.

Neighbors said, “It’s horrific to know this was going on right next to us. We wish we would have known sooner somehow, so we could help the mother and her child.”

It was hard to grasp for many that such a horrendous thing was taking place, in their newer subdivision, of nice and friendly neighbors.