Body believed to be missing 2-year-old Bronx boy found in East River: sources
Investigators believe they found little Montrell Williams' lifeless body around 12:20 p.m. near the Whitestone Bridge at Ferry Point Park in Queens, according to the sources.
Montrell Williams
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Montrell was last seen May 10, when he was in the custody of his 20-year-old dad, Arius Williams, according to the sources.
The young dad took Montrell to a Mother's Day gathering, where he apparently got into a scuffle with his own father and stormed off with the toddler, sources said.
Officials search for the missing boy.
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Surveillance footage taken that night allegedly shows Arius throwing a black bag into the Bronx River, sources said.
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In the days to come, the boy's concerned 17-year-old mom called the cops, who appeared to have told her they couldn't intervene if her son is on a regularly scheduled visit, the sources said.
When both parents ran into each other on the street Sunday, Arius allegedly pulled a knife on his ex and claimed he threw their son off the Bruckner Bridge, according to the sources.
Arius was taken into custody Monday on custodial interference charges, after refusing to tell a family court judge his son's whereabouts, cops and sources said.
He did not immediately face any other charges Wednesday.
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