Arkansas Boy Found Dead Wrapped In Plastic Under House Floorboards Was Allegedly Drowned In Toilet | VIDEO

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[FOX4|VIDEO] A young boy found buried under the floorboards of his Arkansas home on Dec. 16 died three months earlier after being drowned by his mother’s boyfriend, according to court documents and media reports. The boyfriend shoved the boy’s head into a toilet bowl as “punishment” for biting the man’s finger.

Blu Rolland’s body was found wrapped in “layers of plastic bags” under “newly nailed-down boards” in his Moro, Arkansas home, according to an affidavit obtained by NBC news.

The boy’s mother, 28-year-old Ashley Rolland, and her boyfriend, Nathan Bridges, 33, were arrested the day after the boy’s body was found. 

KATV-TV in Arkansas reported that Blu died on Sept. 9, and he would have turned six on Dec. 16. Authorities searched the home after Ashley Rolland’s parents contacted police, allegedly telling them that Blu was dead inside the residence. [FULLSTORY|VIDEO]

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[PEOPLE] In a GoFundMe page, a friend of the children’s grandmother, Karen, writes that Karen had been trying to get custody of the two kids for more than a year and that she had last been to the family’s home on Friday. The post claims that one of the children had allegedly had their hair cut off, and was seen “malnourished” with “cracked ribs” and “many burns on her body.” [FULLSTORY]

FULL POLICE STATEMENT

The body of a 6 year-old boy was discovered buried below a hallway floor inside a Lee County home last night (Friday, December 16th).  Special agents of the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division were called to the scene by Lee County sheriff’s deputies about 10:45 PM.  Agents are also investigating injuries, believed to be burns to the scalp, sustained by a 6 year-old girl who also lived in the same home located in the Moro community west of Marianna.

Ashley Roland, 28, the mother of the children, and Nathan Bridges, 33, have been arrested by the state police and are being held at the Lee County Jail.  Both are charged with capital murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and endangering the welfare of a minor.

Based on initial findings, it’s believed the boy died from injuries sustained in the home, possibly three months ago.  The state medical examiner will determine the manner and cause of death.

The injured girl has been transported to a Memphis hospital and is reported to be in stable condition.

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