Police believe they found the body of a New Hampshire boy who went missing over a month ago
The boy’s physique was discovered on Saturday morning in Ames Nowell State Park in Abington, about 20 miles southeast of Boston, Plymouth County District Lawyer Tim Cruz stated throughout a press convention on Saturday.
A state police cadaver canine found Elijah’s soil-covered physique in what investigators known as a grave, in accordance with New Hampshire Senior Assistant Lawyer Common Susan Morrell.
“We’re very saddened about this example — about Elijah’s loss of life — the truth that he was disposed of down right here within the woods,” Morrell stated. “Our sympathies exit to his household and mates of the household, and to the group who’s mourning his loss of life.”
Merrimack Police started an investigation into Elijah’s disappearance October 14, in accordance with a press release from the New Hampshire Lawyer Common’s Workplace. He was by no means reported lacking to authorities previous to that point, the assertion learn.
Elijah’s mom, Danielle Dauphinais, 35, and her boyfriend, Joseph Stapf, 30, have been arrested on fees of kid endangerment and witness tampering three days afterward October 17, in accordance with the lawyer basic.
Witness tampering fees towards Dauphinais and Stapf stem from proof displaying the pair allegedly requested folks to lie about Elijah’s whereabouts and the place he was dwelling, figuring out little one safety companies have been trying to find the boy, the AG’s assertion reads.
The Massachusetts Chief Medical Examiner’s Workplace is predicted to carry out an post-mortem on Elijah’s physique on Sunday, Morrell informed reporters.
“As soon as we now have a willpower of trigger and method of loss of life, we’ll be analyzing all of our info that we have gathered within the investigation and figuring out what, if any, additional fees will likely be introduced,” Morrell stated.
CNN has reached out to Dauphinais and Stapf for remark, and contacted the New Hampshire Lawyer Common’s workplace to find out if they’ve retained authorized illustration.
CNN’s Laura James contributed to this report.
