05-03-2019, 12:04 PM
The Confession
The parents of an Illinois 5-year-old found buried in a shallow grave allegedly killed their son after he lied about soiling his underwear, according to newly released court documents.
Authorities immediately became suspicious of the parents shortly after they first reported the boy missing on April 18.
According to a search warrant affidavit written by McHenry County Sheriff's Det. Edwin Maldonado and highlighted in court yesterday, it was a March 4 video discovered on JoAnn Cunningham's phone that prompted the parents' lies to unravel.
The video showed AJ "laying on a bare mattress in a crib" covered in bandages and bruises across his chest and head.
"AJ is seen to be naked except for some small bandages around both wrists and circling his hips," the affidavit reads. "AJ is seen to be holding an ice pack to his face and when he removes it he is seen to have deep red bruising around his eyes, and yellowish green bruising around his neck and upper chest.
In the background, a woman who sounds like his mother JoAnn can be heard "berating [him] for urinating on his bed."
Man, I really fucking despise these people.
The parents of an Illinois 5-year-old found buried in a shallow grave allegedly killed their son after he lied about soiling his underwear, according to newly released court documents.
Authorities immediately became suspicious of the parents shortly after they first reported the boy missing on April 18.
According to a search warrant affidavit written by McHenry County Sheriff's Det. Edwin Maldonado and highlighted in court yesterday, it was a March 4 video discovered on JoAnn Cunningham's phone that prompted the parents' lies to unravel.
The video showed AJ "laying on a bare mattress in a crib" covered in bandages and bruises across his chest and head.
"AJ is seen to be naked except for some small bandages around both wrists and circling his hips," the affidavit reads. "AJ is seen to be holding an ice pack to his face and when he removes it he is seen to have deep red bruising around his eyes, and yellowish green bruising around his neck and upper chest.
In the background, a woman who sounds like his mother JoAnn can be heard "berating [him] for urinating on his bed."
Man, I really fucking despise these people.