A former college basketball star is accused of killing his toddler son and stashing his body in a freezer in his garage.
The baby’s body stayed in the freezer for at least two-and-a-half years, Virginia authorities stated.
Earlier this year, cops received a tip that a child’s corpse was being kept inside a house in Midlothian, Maj. Michael Louth of the Chesterfield County Police Department told The Daily Beast.
When authorities searched the home, they discovered the remains of Eliel Adon Weaver. The child’s exact age has not been revealed but it’s been reported that he was under the age of 5 when he died, police said.
Eliel was found in a bag inside a sealed plastic container in a freezer. The bag was tied up with twine and wrapped in adult clothing and a sheet.
The smell of the boy’s body overwhelmed the responding officers.
A cause of death has not been announced.
The baby’s parents, Kassceen Lazane Weaver, 49, and Dina Dyann Weaver, 48, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to conceal a body and failing to render aid to a child. Kassceen Weaver picked up additional charges of domestic assault and malicious wounding. The two were released on bond.
Kassceen Weaver was indicted on three new charges: felony murder, aggravated malicious wounding, and felony child abuse and neglect.
Authorities investigating the case aren’t saying what Kassceen Weaver’s motive could have been, but he seemed to undergo a disturbing emotional shift following an altercation with his mother as she lay dying, according to Weaver’s dad.
John Weaver hasn’t seen his son since 2012, he told The Daily Beast from his home in Illinois. In December of that year, Jacqueline Weaver, who was 69 at the time, lost her battle with brain cancer. Before her death, Kassceen traveled to the Chicago area to see her.
“When Kass came around, she had a negative reaction,” Weaver said, adding that he struggled to make heads or tails of the allegations against his middle child. “We don’t know whether that was just because she was in pain, or what it was. I have no idea what happened. We didn’t understand what that negative reaction was.”
Weaver, 79, said Kassceen was angry with him after he and Jacqueline “had words.”
“When he was at the hospital, he basically cursed me out and was up on me, and my youngest son stepped in between us,” Weaver said.
There were ten years of no communication between Kassceen, his father, and Kassceen’s two siblings.
“When I did find out [about Adon’s murder], I called my [other] son and daughter, and naturally, I was feeling bad,” Weaver explained. “It runs through any parent’s mind, ‘Did I do something wrong? What did I do?’ I always had my son’s best interests at heart, so I don’t know.”
The suspect one point had a promising basketball career ahead of him. In the 1990s, he was a star player for the University of Richmond team and then went on to play professionally in the Netherlands.
“I’ve always had confidence in my game and a good work ethic,” he told the Chicago Tribune in 1995. “That could take me a long way. I think those same attributes will help me in the business world.”
A second child was taken from the home by authorities and has been placed in foster care.
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