A Connecticut man allegedly killed his 2-year-old son and then buried the boy’s body in a plastic bag at a local park, according to police.
Edgar Ismalej-Gomez, 26, was arrested Tuesday for violating probation and is expected to face additional charges in the death of his son. He was on probation for a conviction in connection with his eight-month-old son who suffered a broken arm in July 2021. He pleaded guilty in April and was ordered to serve 60 days and three years of probation.
Liam Rivera’s body was discovered Monday in a plastic bag under fresh soil at Cummings Park in Stamford, Connecticut, Stamford Police Chief Timothy Shaw said at a news conference. No charges have yet been filed in connection with the boy’s death.
Ismalej-Gomez is also accused of holding the boy’s mother at gunpoint last week, according to prosecutors. He allegedly held the mother hostage with a gun as the two drove to and from West Virginia before the mother could alert police Monday.
Edgar Ismalej-Gomez, 26, was arrested Tuesday for violating probation and is expected to face additional charges in the death of his son.
(Stamford Police)
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“What we learned is that just a week ago, the defendant allegedly entered the child’s room and the child ended up dead,” prosecutors said, according to FOX 61. “The defendant did not allow the child’s mother to call an ambulance. They put the boy in a bag and buried him in Cummings Park.”
“The girl’s mother has reported that the defendant has held her captive for the past four days,” prosecutors continued. “It is alleged that he was carrying a gun and that she had been taken away. They left the state, went to West Virginia and returned to Connecticut, which has been corroborated.”
A Connecticut man allegedly killed his 2-year-old son and then buried the boy’s body in a plastic bag at a local park, according to police.
(Stamford Police)
The state’s Office of the Chief Medical Examiner ruled the boy’s death a homicide due to multiple blunt force trauma to the head.
Ismalej-Gomez was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday while riding in a taxi to New York, authorities said.
He is being held on $3 million bail.
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Ismalej-Gomez was arrested around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday while riding in a taxi to New York, authorities said. He is being held on $3 million bail.
(Stamford Police)
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A protective order barred Ismalej-Gomez from seeing her son because of the boy’s broken arm in 2021, but supervising state attorney Michelle Manning said during her probation violating arraignment that she had been living with her son. and the child’s mother the last few weeks.
