Connecticut man killed 2-year-old son, buried him in plastic bag in park: cops

A Connecticut man allegedly killed his 2-year-old son after which buried the toddler in an area park, cops stated.

The stays of Liam Rivera have been discovered Monday in a plastic bag below recent filth at Cummings Park in Stamford, the town’s Police Chief Timothy Shaw stated in a press convention Tuesday streamed by the Stamford Advocate.

Edgar Ismalej-Gomez was arrested Tuesday for violating probation and is predicted to face extra prices in connection to Rivera’s dying.

Ismalej-Gomez, 26, can be accused of holding the younger boy’s mom at gunpoint over the previous week, officers reportedly stated.

“We all know there are days which are more durable than others,” Shaw stated. “What the officers noticed yesterday is just not one thing they signed up for.”

WTNH reported police stated the state’s Workplace of Chief Medical Examiner dominated the dying a murder attributable to a number of blunt power trauma to the pinnacle. Expenses haven’t but been filed within the 2-year-old’s dying.

Throughout Ismalej-Gomez’s arraignment Tuesday on violating a probation cost, Supervisory State’s Lawyer Michelle Manning stated he was picked up by authorities whereas in a cab on the way in which to New York, in keeping with the Stamford Advocate. The arrest occurred round 1:30 a.m., police stated.

Ismalej-Gomez is reportedly being held on $3 million bail.

He was arrested in August 2021 for abusing the boy when he was simply 8 months previous, courtroom data point out. He pleaded responsible in April 2022 and was required to serve 60 days and three years of probation, in keeping with WTNH, citing courtroom data.

A protecting order didn’t enable Ismalej-Gomez to be round Rivera attributable to that incident, however Manning stated in courtroom the daddy was residing together with his son and the kid’s mom the previous few weeks, the Stamford Advocate reported.

Rivera was discovered lifeless after Ismalej-Gomez went to his son’s room, Manning reportedly stated on the arraignment. He then wouldn’t let the boy’s mom name for assist and put the little boy’s physique in a bag, Manning stated.

It’s unclear precisely when the boy died.

The Stamford Advocate reported that Ismalej-Gomez held the mom hostage with a gun because the pair drove to and from West Virginia earlier than the mother was capable of contact police round midday Monday — which led to the grisly discovery, in keeping with Manning.