- Police began their search after receiving a tip from Pakistan that five-year-old Jordan Rodriguez was buried in the backyard
- Larissa Rodriguez, 34, has been arrested on suspicion of murder but has not been formally charged with a crime
- The caller said the boy had been buried by the boy’s mother after discovering him unresponsive two moths earlier
- Larissa Rodriguez has a long history with Job and Family Services, who removed her two oldest children from her custody several years ago
Police say that they have arrested the mother of a five-year-old disabled boy after discovering his remains in the backyard of her Cleveland home.
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said searchers found the remains Tuesday while digging at a home on the 1300 block of W. 80th after cadaver dogs on Monday turned up nothing.
According to Cleveland.com, police began their search after receiving a tip that five-year-old Jordan Rodriguez, who is developmentally disabled and unable to speak, was buried in the yard.
Police began their search after receiving a tip from Pakistan that five-year-old Jordan Rodriguez (pictured) was buried in the backyard
Larissa Rodriguez (pictured), 34, has been arrested on suspicion of murder but has not been formally charged with a crime
When police interviewed the boy’s mother, Larissa Rodriguez, she claimed that her son was with his biological father in Houston.
She said the boy was picked up on December 2 by his aunt, but was unable to provide contact information or an address for either relative.
Police said that Larissa Rodriguez was arrested on suspicion of murder but has not been formally charged with a crime.
The search for the small child began after Christopher Rodriguez’s brother, who lives in Pakistan, tipped off the police two days earlier (pictured: Man thought to be Christopher Rodriguez along with Larissa Rodriguez)
Her boyfriend, Christopher Rodriguez, is currently serving serving a six-month sentence in in the Medina County Jail for failing to pay child support.
The search for the small child began after Christopher Rodriguez’s brother, who lives in Pakistan, tipped off the police two days earlier, Cleveland.com reported.
The caller said that his brother informed him that he and Larissa Rodriguez had buried her son in the backyard after finding him unresponsive two months ago.
County spokeswoman Mary Louise Madigan told Cleveland.com that Larissa Rodriguez, 34, has a long history with Job and Family Services, who removed her two oldest children from her custody several years ago.
Anna Rodriguez, Larissa’s sister, described her nephew as a ‘sweet kid,’ discovering him once tied up with a sock in his mouth at her sister’s home.
‘I’m just so hurt and angry,’ Ana Rodriguez said after the remains were found. ‘I don’t know why they would do this to him.’
Police say human remains consistent with those of a young child have been found in the yard of a Cleveland home
Police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ciaccia said searchers found the remains Tuesday while digging at a home on the 1300 block of W. 80th