Missing 5-Year-Old Kentucky Boy Found Dead After Mother Was Tossed Off Cliff
Source: International Business Times
BY SHREESHA GHOSH @SHREESHA_94 ON 09/12/17 AT 12:20 AM
A missing five-year-old Kentucky boy, who was allegedly kidnapped along with his mother, was found dead in a nearby area, Kentucky Police confirmed Monday afternoon.
James Spoonamore’s body was found by the police during the third attempt to find the child since his wounded mother was found at the bottom of a cliff two days earlier, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported citing police. His 41-year-old mother Jessica Durham had been tossed from a 100-foot cliff on Friday but she survived with multiple injuries. Hikers found her the next day.
Durham told the police that 41-year-old Lonnie Belt assaulted and kidnapped her and her son. The accused was arrested Saturday evening. Belt has been charged with murder, assault, kidnapping and tampering with physical evidence and the investigation is still under way. The exact relationship between Belt and Durham is not clear yet.
The five-year-old’s body was found six-tenths of a mile from where his mother was rescued by hikers on Saturday near Sparks Ridge Road in Nevada, state police Commissioner Rick Sanders told the Lexington Herald-Leader. Police have not released any further details about how the boy died or about the extensive search that led to the finding of his body.
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