The stepmother of a missing Hollywood, Florida, toddler who was found dead inside his father’s home, stuffed the child’s bruised body in garbage bags and put it in a box in the laundry room, according to court documents obtained Tuesday.
According to the Child Protective Services documents obtained by NBC 6, 3-year-old Ahizya Osceola was last seen alive by his stepmother, Analize Osceola, who reported him missing Thursday.
"He was found in a bag, he was stuffed in a trash bag," the boy's maternal grandfather, Kenneth Tommie, said Tuesday.
Analize Osceola said she heard the boy grunting around 4 a.m. and when she touched him he was slightly cold but still warm, the documents said. She put him on the floor and attempted to do CPR but got no pulse.
The stepmother didn't tell anyone about his condition including her own mother, who lives in the home and is a nurse, the documents said.
Instead, Analize Osceola waited for the other adults to leave the home then took two garbage bags and put his body inside them then put him in a box in the laundry room, the documents said.
She reported him missing around 11 a.m., about seven hours later, the documents said. A massive search was conducted before police found the boy's body in the home. His body had extensive bruising "from head to toe," the documents said.
The documents also said she lied when she said she had taken the boy to the hospital to treat bad bruises on his foot, telling investigators he is "clumsy." The boy's father, Nelson Osceola, told investigators his son was always falling and hitting his head.
Ahizya Osceola lived with his father and stepmother and two siblings. On Monday, a judge ordered the siblings to stay with a relative, and said Nelson Osceola won't be allowed near them.
Analize Osceola checked herself in to a mental ward the day after the boy was found dead. No charges have been filed in the death, which remains under investigation.
"You know, we're just searching for justice and we hope everything comes our way," Tommie said.
