Death of toddler buried near bridge ruled as homicide
ELMWOOD, La. — The death of a toddler whose body was found buried in a plastic garbage bag near a bridge in Louisiana has been ruled to a homicide.
News outlets report that the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office confirmed the death of 2-year-old Timothy Thompson IV as a homicide, but the exact cause of death remains unclear.
The boy’s decomposed body was found July 6 in a bag on the east bank of the Mississippi River levee near the Huey P. Long Bridge.
After the body was discovered, the boy’s parents, 21-year-old Gabrielle Whittington and 21-year-old Onterio Thompson, were arrested on charges of unlawful disposal of human remains and obstruction of justice.