4-Year-Old Found Dead In Las Vegas Freezer After Girl Gives Teacher A Note

LAS VEGAS, NV — Police found a 4-year-old boy dead inside a freezer at a northeast Las Vegas home and said they were alerted after an elementary school girl gave her teacher a note from her mother that said she thought her son was dead.

Police said a mother gave her daughter a note saying she was being held against her will and didn't know her son's whereabouts, Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Ray Spencer told media outlets. The note said the youngest child hadn't been seen since Dec. 11. She believed he died.

Las Vegas police found the boy’s body inside a garage freezer at a home in the 4300 block of Saddle Brook Park Drive, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

"The child had visible injuries," prosecutor Tim Fettig said at a court hearing Wednesday morning.

Brandon Toseland, 35, was arrested Tuesday and booked into Clark County Detention Center, court records showed. He faces charges including murder and kidnapping. He appeared in court Wednesday, and his hearing was continued to Feb. 28.