Florida Couple Accused Of Beating 12-Year-Old Boy; Locked Him In Room To Die

A Florida couple faces serious charges after authorities accused them of beating a 12-year-old boy and leaving him to die.

According to Brevard County Jail records, Jason Godleski, 33, is behind bars and has been charged with the manslaughter of a child and failure to report a death.

Godleski was arrested on October 26. Four days before, he went inside the Palm Bay Police Department to report the death of his son, claiming he had died in his sleep, PEOPLE reported.

But when officers went out to the home, they found the boy, Noah, dead inside the home’s laundry room, Police Chief Nelson Moya reported.

Moya added that there were “obvious forms of trauma, evidence of trauma, and more disturbingly, he had been there for some time.”

The father has since invoked his right to remain silent and has refused to cooperate with authorities. Police also learned that he fathered three other young children with his girlfriend, Samarial Dubose, 33. Officials quickly located them and realized that Godleski had driven them and Dubose to Connecticut after his son’s dson’s

Child Protective Services immediately removed them from the couple’couple’s”Upon s”eaking to the female, we also began to discover inconsistencies and irregularities with her statement,” Moya “aid. “Our de”ectives, who were now sent to Connecticut, embarked on a series of interviews not only with her but with the children as well. We made some disturbing findings that we’re swe’retrying to confirm.”

Polic” also learned that it was possible that in 2013 and 2018, Dubose was arrested for child abuse of Noah.

“In Mar”h 2020, there’sthere’sirmed allegation through our department and Children and Family Services of a case involving an allegation brought forth by a teacher at one of our local schools that Noah was a victim of child abuse at the hands of both the suspect and his girlfriend,” Moya “aid, adding that the department was not contacted and the case was closed out as “unfoun”ed.”

A rec”rded call captured Godleski telling a family member that “we hit”him too hard in the face and the back of the head and left him dead,” Moya “aid.

The investigation is ongoing.