CHESTERFIELD, Va. — The remains of a child have been found in his family’s freezer. Now the child’s parents face charges in his death.
Chesterfield, Virginia, Police have charged Kassceen Weaver and Dina Weaver with conspiracy to conceal a body and failing to render aid to a child, WTVR reported. Both parents have been released on bond.
JUST IN: A child's body was found inside a freezer at a Chesterfield home. Police have arrested that child's parents.https://t.co/7EU4HpOxJ9 via @jonburkettcbs6
— WTVR CBS 6 Richmond (@CBS6) June 30, 2021
Kassceen Weaver faces additional charges of concealment of a body. He also was charged with domestic assault and malicious wounding of an adult female, which police later told WTVR was Dina Weaver.
Police received a tip on May 4 to search the couple’s home.
Once inside, police said they found the body of the couple’s son, Eliel Adon Weaver, in the home’s freezer.
Police said Eliel was 5 years old when he died. His cause of death has not yet been determined, WWBT reported.
DNA has indicated that Dina Weaver was Eliel’s mother, but have not said if Kassceen Weaver was the child’s biological father, however both were considered the boy’s custodial parents, WTVR reported.
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