Mum and boyfriend ‘face death penalty’ after missing boy found in bin

The mother of a two-year-old boy and her live-in boyfriend may face the death penalty after the child was found dead and discarded in a rubbish bin.

Maya Gwenlyn Jones, 28, and Jermaine Michael Robinson, 37, were reportedly taken into custody on Tuesday and charged with a series of offences, including one count each of first-degree murder and obstruction of justice in connection to the death of Ezekiel Harry.

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According to information from the Houma Police Department in Louisiana, in the US, officers responded to an emergency call on Tuesday at around midday about the possible abduction of a boy.

Investigators spoke with Jones, who allegedly said that she was walking along with her children when “a subject in a grey truck passed, grabbing her two-year-old and depart[ing] the area”.

Investigators were reported as saying that Ezekiel was last seen wearing burgundy shorts and a blue-and-white striped shirt with an orange dinosaur featured on the chest pocket.

Police say the mother’s claim about Ezekiel being abducted off of the street was quickly proven to be false, leaving investigators suspicious of the motive for misleading police.

Several hours after Ezekiel was reported missing, officers found the boy's body discarded inside of a trash can in Houma.

At approximately 6pm, Jones allegedly led the officers to the trash can where she and Robinson had left the boy’s remains.

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Jones and Robinson were taken into custody a short while after the discovery of the child’s body.

Surveillance footage allegedly showed both Jones and Robinson walking near the scene carrying a duffel bag that police believe they stuffed Ezekiel’s body into before throwing it in the rubbish.

The owner of the home where Ezekiel’s body was found told WWL-TV: "I’ve got babies myself. It was scary.”

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