CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Police in Wyoming have found a missing 2-year-old boy dead in a Cheyenne dumpster, authorities said.
**UPDATE** The child was found to be deceased. This incident is still under investigation by the Cheyenne Police...
Posted by Cheyenne Police Department on Friday, February 19, 2021
According to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, the news came hours after the toddler, Athian Rivera, was reported missing about 1 p.m. Friday. Cheyenne police, as well as a K-9 unit and crews from other local and state agencies, began searching for the child on Desmet Drive, where he was last seen, the newspaper reported. Authorities found the body in a dumpster on the same street, officials said.
Police said the investigation into the child’s death is ongoing, according to the Casper Star-Tribune.
No further information was immediately available.
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