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Dad Confesses to Killing Son, Leaving Body in Woods: Police

Authorities in Florida's Panhandle say a man has confessed to killing his 2-year-old son and leaving the boy's body in the woods.

Parker Police Chief Dennes Hutto said the child's disappearance might have gone unsolved if 27-year-old Gene Anthony Quinones-Rivera had not walked into the police department Wednesday and told officers that he killed Gediaelamir Rivera in June 2015.

The News Herald reports that investigators have found the partial remains of a child in a remote part of Bay County described by Quinones-Rivera.

Quinones-Rivera of Guanica, Puerto Rico, was charged with second-degree murder. Court records show he was held on a $150,000 bond.

In an interview at the jail, Quinones-Rivera told the newspaper he had stuffed a sock into his son's mouth to stop him from crying.

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