Preschool Boy Discovered Dead In Freezer After Sister Passes Teacher Note Begging For Help

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Las Vegas police have arrested a 35-year-old man after finding a young boy’s body in a freezer in his garage. According to court records, Brandon Toseland was arrested on Tuesday and charged with multiple counts of first-degree kidnapping after police were tipped off that the man reportedly had been holding a boy, his sister, and the children’s mother against their will. Related: Uber Driver Heard Begging For Life Before Alleged Murder In Shocking Dashcam Footage Per the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, the situation was discovered after the young boy’s sister passed a note to her elementary school teacher asking for help.

Police have yet to release the victims’ names or age, but the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the deceased boy was of “preschool age.” According to the Reno Gazette-Journal, the note explained that Toseland had been holding all of them against their will inside their home for months, and that the mother no longer knew where the girl’s brother was located.

According to Lt. Ray Spencer of the LVMPD (pictured at a press conference about the investigation, above), the note explained what was going on at home: OMG… According to KLAS, the teacher took immediate action notifying authorities after she received the note at about 8:00 a.m.

local time on Tuesday morning. Officers were quickly dispatched to Toseland’s neighborhood, where they set up surveillance on his home.