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Young Boy Found Under Floorboards Was Drowned in Toilet Months Ago, Mom Says<!-- wp:html --><p>GoFundMe </p> <p>The young boy whose decomposing body was found hidden under the floorboards of a home in rural Arkansas had been dead for three months after his mother’s boyfriend drowned him in a toilet bowl, court documents say. </p> <p>Ashley Rolland, 28, told investigators that her son Blu had been punished by her 33-year-old live-in boyfriend, Nathan Bridges, after the boy bit his finger. Rolland’s 6-year-old daughter was found in the home with severe burns to her scalp, which Rolland said were also caused by Bridges. </p> <p>Both have been charged with capital murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and endangering the welfare of a minor. Rolland is also charged with two felony counts of permitting child abuse. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/blu-rolland-found-under-floorboards-was-drowned-in-toilet-months-ago-mom?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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The young boy whose decomposing body was found hidden under the floorboards of a home in rural Arkansas had been dead for three months after his mother’s boyfriend drowned him in a toilet bowl, court documents say.

Ashley Rolland, 28, told investigators that her son Blu had been punished by her 33-year-old live-in boyfriend, Nathan Bridges, after the boy bit his finger. Rolland’s 6-year-old daughter was found in the home with severe burns to her scalp, which Rolland said were also caused by Bridges.

Both have been charged with capital murder, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and endangering the welfare of a minor. Rolland is also charged with two felony counts of permitting child abuse.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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