Sanford, Florida police arrested two parents on Saturday after an investigation led to the discovery of their 3-year-old son with Autism, floating in a nearby pond.
Two Sanford, Florida parents have been charged with manslaughter after their 3-year-old toddler was found floating in a pond near their apartment, according to police. FOX 35 in Orlando reported that the Sanford Police Department responded to reports of a missing 3-year-old boy at about 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, at the Crosby at Towne Center apartments.
The boy’s mother, Barbara Luiz, told officers her son was in the living room of the apartment while she was in the bathroom at about 12:40 p.m. At one point, the mother said she heard a door open and close and had her teenage daughter investigate, the station reported. But the teenager was unaware the toddler had left, and the child’s parents started searching for him.
Investigators discovered the toddler went missing at least three other times before, and at those times, a neighbor located the boy and took him to the front office of the development. Police also reported the apartment smelled of 'freshly smoked marijuana,' and was 'in a state of disarray,' FOX 4 reported. Shortly after arriving, officers spotted an 'unknown object' in a nearby pond behind the apartment, and realized it was the child.
Luiz and Ortiz were both arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. The Seminole County Sheriff's Office did not immediately respond to a request from Fox News Digital seeking a booking photo for Ortiz.
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