Body found in Utah likely that of missing boy, 4

Associated Press ^ | May 11, 8:27 PM | PAUL FOY

[DJ MacWoW]

LAYTON, Utah (AP) - The body of a boy who matches the description of a missing 4-year-old child has been found in a Utah canyon and his mother and stepfather are in custody, police said Tuesday.

Layton police said Ethan Stacy's stepfather, Nathan Sloop, 31, will be charged with aggravated homicide. His mother, Stephanie Sloop, 27, will be charged with felony child abuse. Both will face obstruction of justice and desecration of corpse charges.

The search for Ethan started Tuesday after police said the boy's mother had reported him missing, saying she has last seen him in bed at their Layton apartment Monday night. Officials said she told them that the boy had wandered away five of the last 10 nights.

[nysuperdoodle]

That little boy is in Jesus’ arms now, and I hope his father knows that. The two people who did this deserve everything they’re going to get, and then some.

[DJ MacWoW]

If they couldn’t deal with the little guy, why not just send him back to Dad? It’s incomprehensible.

[TNdandelion]

conjecting - no dictionary results

[DJ MacWoW]

I think it was supposed to be “conjecturing”.

[TASMANIANRED]

Prayers for suffering innocents.

[valkyry1]

//Mothers commit more abuse and neglect than dads//

yepper

[valkyry1]

you said it well, thank you

[valkyry1]

there is nothing to be understood about it. its madness pure and simple

[susannah59]

Poor baby. I feel so very sorry for the dad. Mom could easily have sent him back, or just refused to have him visit in the first place.

One of the worst experiences of my life was being on a jury in a child abuse trial. Mom's boyfriend darned near killed a kid. There was every indication Mom knew things were going on, but she was proven not there at the time.

I'd rather sit on a murder trial jury any old time than another child abuse case. (Not everybody has the same harda** view of things I do).

I'll also never understand how defense attorneys sleep at night nor look at themselves in the mirror.

[DJ MacWoW]

I'll also never understand how defense attorneys sleep at night nor look at themselves in the mirror.

I have often thought that.

[freekitty]

No, there are no words.

[fieldmarshaldj]

RIP.

[kaylar]

Because the main intent was to inflict suffering on the biological father? I have read a (mercifully VERY few) True Crime accounts of two legged things who killed their own children in order to get revenge on the other parent/spouse. (We know that was their motive because they left a note (sometimes a suicide note, because they killed themselves afterward) or told the investigating officers that's why they did what they did :Ronald L. Shanabarger remains the most egregious example of this vile perversity of which I'm aware-and thankfully such crimes are rare, though of course only one case is one too many.:-(