A woman who allegedly confessed to putting her baby's body in the trash after claiming the two-month-old boy died while he was sleeping was murdered. According to a news release by the Metropolitan Police Department, LaDonia Boggs, was allegedly stabbed to death on Wednesday, April 27, inside a Washington, D.C., apartment on the 1500 block of Benning Road.
Fifth District detectives responded to alerts of an incident in the area just before 3 a.m. They found Boggs "suffering from an apparent stab wound inside the apartment." The 39-year-old was declared dead at the scene and taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
According to the news release, officers from the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force found and arrested Carl Jones later on Wednesday, charging the 44-year-old with second-degree murder while armed. Cops added that "this offense was domestic in nature."
Carl Jones charged with second-degree murder
The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to People magazine that Jones is the father of Boggs' missing child. It is not clear who Jones has retained as a lawyer to comment on his behalf.
The death of Boggs comes almost a year after she was originally charged with felony murder in the presumed death of her two-month-old child, Kyon Jones. Boggs allegedly was recorded saying the young boy died in his sleep before she threw his body in the trash.
According to a statement from D.C. Police, Jones was last seen alive on May 5 of last year, but the kid was not reported missing until two days later. The Charles City County Sheriff's Office announced last May that authorities were searching a Virginia landfill for the newborn. Baby Kyon's remains have not yet been found.
Boggs revealed how she threw the baby's body in the video
A video of Boggs talking about how her baby had died while sleeping in the bed with her was then shared by a local missing-persons advocate. Boggs revealed in the video, which was obtained by WRC-TV, that the last thing she remembered was that she had rolled over, and the baby was on her chest. Boggs said, "After that when I was 'sleep, rolled over, noticed he was unresponsive - breathing - and I panicked."
Boggs then went on to detail how she disposed of the baby's lifeless body in the video, saying she wrapped Kyon in a blanket before throwing it in the trash. Boggs was later arrested without bond.
Court documents also stated Boggs told police that she had taken PCP before accidentally rolling over on the baby. Surveillance video showed the mother taking a car seat, a cardboard box, and a plastic bag to a dumpster at her apartment complex.
Prosecutors decided not to pursue murder charges against Boggs, charging her instead with tampering with evidence. Boggs was awaiting trial when she was murdered.
