Police fear that a man may have beaten his seven-year-old son to death and fed his remains to pigs. This is absolutely sickening and shocking that a father could do this to his own child:
Michael A. Jones, 44, of Piper, outside of Kansas City, has been arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a firearm, aggravated battery and child abuse after cops responded to a domestic violence call on Wednesday, according to News2.
Jones had allegedly shot at his 29-year-old wife, Heather. As the investigation progressed, authorities got a tip to check the property for the remains of Jones’ seven-year-old son, who had been missing for several months.
The next day, authorities found human remains near a barn on the rural property in Piper, where Jones lived with his wife and eight children ranging in ages from one to 11.
Jones’ charges were upgraded to ‘torturing or cruelly beating’ his missing son. Heather Jones is not the mother of the boy, who may be dead.
The other eight children reportedly lived in deplorable conditions. They were also home schooled, according to Kansas City Star.
‘Their house was horrible,’ one woman who asked for anonymity told WSFA. ‘Their house was just filthy. The kids lived in filth. Trash everywhere. Dried food all over the house.’
Heather Jones bought the pigs in September, around the same time authorities think the child may have been killed.
A police source reportedly told the outlet that authorities feared that the boy’s remains may have been fed to the swine, according to KPTV.
Former babysitters said that several people had complained to child services about alleged ill-treatment of the children. It’s unclear if anything was done.
‘For all those girls to have to witness what their brother went through and to carry the burden that something happened to their brother is horrible,’ said one unnamed former babysitter.
Michael Williams, the brother of Jones’ wife, told the NBC affiliate KSHB about abuse he says his sister and the children allegedly had to endure over the years at the hands of Jones.
‘There are bullet holes in the walls of that house. So I’m sure you can understand what terror may have been going through that household daily.’
This fool is locked up on a bond of 10 million dollars. Ironically enough, he owns a bail bonding business.
Authorities ask that anyone with information about the case call the TIPS Hotline at 816-474-8477.