MARGARET STAFFORD, Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A district attorney says more charges are likely in the investigation of a missing 7-year-old boy and unidentified human remains found on his father’s property.
Michael A. Jones — a 44-year-old who works as a bail bondsman in Topeka — made his first court appearance Monday on charges of child abuse, aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a firearm.
Police who went to Jones’ home Wednesday to investigate a domestic disturbance were told about the missing boy and human remains were later found in a barn. Wyandotte County District Attorney Jerome Gorman declined Monday at a news conference to address a report that officials are investigating whether the remains had been fed to pigs.
Six other children living in the house are in state custody.
Investigators call the crime scene one of the most gruesome they’ seen.
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man is being held on $10 million bond after police were made aware of his missing 7-year-old son and found unidentified human remains on his property.
Michael A. Jones made his first court appearance Monday. The 44-year-old Kansas City bail bondsman is charged with child abuse, aggravated battery and aggravated assault with a firearm.
Prosecutors say he doesn’t appear to have an attorney.
Police were called to Jones’ home Wednesday to respond to an unspecified disturbance. While there, investigators were told Jones’ son had been missing “for an extended period of time.”
Police didn’t say who told officers about the boy, but say human remains were later found in Jones’ barn. Prosecutors say Jones is accused of assaulting a woman and “torturing or cruelly beating” his 7-year-old son.