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A Texas man has been arrested in connection to the death of a 4-year-old boy who was found lying dead in a street early Saturday, investigators said.
Darriynn Brown, 18, was charged with kidnapping and theft, the Dallas Police Department said. Police also said that investigators anticipate more charges pending the results of a forensic analysis.
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Police told Fox News that they have not released the name of the child because he is a juvenile.
His death was being investigated as a homicide.
Brown was being held Sunday in Dallas County jail on $750,000 bond. (Dallas County Jail )
However, local station WFAA-TV spoke with the boy’s mother, whom they did not name. She called her son a "happy-go-lucky" boy.
The mother said her son was asleep when the suspect broke into their home through the backdoor and kidnapped him. She said the incident was caught on surveillance video. Police did not immediately say whether investigators had obtained any footage
The body was discovered around 6:50 a.m. on the street in the 7500 block of Saddleridge Drive.
Resident Antwainese Square told FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth that she was on a morning walk when she found the boy.
"I see an image of what looks like a dog, because we have a lot of loose dogs in the neighborhood," she said. "Immediately I call my mom and say, 'Hey, I think I see a dog. Then I see it was a child laying there deceased and I called 911 to say it was a kid."
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Police called the incident "unusual" and said the boy suffered multiple wounds from an "edged weapon," the station reported.
Dallas police spokesman Albert Martinez told the Dallas Morning News that the boy suffered a violent death. Investigators believed he was killed at about 5 a.m.
Neighbors told WFAA that they saw officers canvassing the street and going through trash cans in an alleyway in the area.
Brown was being held Sunday in the Dallas County Jail on $750,000 bond. No further information was immediately available.
