California, November 02: A 14-year-old boy is suspected of killing his 4-year-old neighbour and placing the body in a clothes dryer.
Alex Christopher Mercado’s body was found in the dryer of his neighbour’s home in the Californian city of Mendota southwest of San Francisco, the Associated Press reports.
A teenage boy from the house was arrested on suspicion of killing Alex but has been named or charged.
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims told The Fresno Bee that the boy had been killed before he had been placed in the dryer.
Alex was found after an extensive 24-hour search by sheriff’s deputies and volunteers after the 4-year-old was reported missing.
—Agencies