Carl Jones: Man arrested for killing LaDonia Boggs who threw his 2-month-old dead baby in trash
WASHINGTON DC: LaDonia Boggs, a woman from Washington DC, was found dead at her home after she allegedly admitted to throwing her 2-month-old son's body in the trash. She had earlier claimed Kyon Jones died while he was asleep. Boggs, 39, was allegedly stabbed to death in a condominium on the 1500 block of Benning Road on Wednesday, April 27, according to a news release from the Metropolitan Police Department.
Detectives from the Fifth District went through reports of an incident in the vicinity shortly before 3 am that morning and discovered Boggs inside with apparent stab wounds. She was pronounced dead on the spot and brought to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office. Bogg's partner, Carl Jones, 44, has been detained and charged with second-degree murder by officers from the Capital Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. "This offense was domestic in nature," police said.
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The police also confirmed to PEOPLE that Jones is the father of Boggs' missing child. Kyon was last seen alive on May 5, 2021, but wasn't reported missing until two days later, according to a statement from DC Police. Boggs was charged with criminal murder in the killing of her son before she died on April 27.
According to WRIC, the Charles City County Sheriff's Office announced in May of last year that investigators were scouring a Virginia dump for the newborn. His remains have yet to be discovered. Following that, a local missing-persons advocate published a video of Boggs discussing how her child died while sleeping in her bed. In the video obtained by WRC-TV, Boggs said, "The last thing that I remember was that I had rolled over, and he was on my chest. After that, when I was 'sleep, rolled over, noticed he was unresponsive — breathing — and I panicked." According to the video, she then went on to describe how she disposed of Kyon's lifeless body, stating she wrapped it in a blanket before tossing it in the trash.
According to NBC Washington, court documents show that woman admitted to taking PCP before rolling over on the baby. Boggs was caught on camera transporting a car seat, a plastic bag, and a cardboard box to her apartment complex's dumpster. Prosecutors opted not to pursue murder charges, therefore Boggs was charged with tampering with evidence and was awaiting trial, as reported by a source. She was later released on her own recognizance.