03-06-2025
Dad mourns ‘joyful' toddler after remains found, AZ reports say. ‘So much pain'
A mother and her boyfriend were arrested following the discovery of apparent human remains — possibly from the woman's 2-year-old son — in a home in Arizona, police said.
The 20-year-old mother and her 23-year-old boyfriend were booked into jail on suspicion of first-degree murder and abandoning/concealing dead body parts, the Yuma Police Department said in a May 31 post on Facebook.
McClatchy News isn't naming them pending formal charges being filed.
The 2-year-old's father identified the boy in interviews and on a GoFundMe page as Kano Aguerro.
Ethan Aguerro told AZ Family that he last saw the boy in March and had been attempting to visit with him. At one point, a meet-up was set, but it didn't materialize, according to the outlet.
On May 30, officers went to a home in Yuma to look into a 'suspicious incident' and found the apparent human remains, according to police, who said the investigation is ongoing.
Aguerro said his son was 'joyful' and had love for everyone, AZ Family reported.
In an interview with KYMA/KECY, Aguerro said, 'When I heard about the news, I just completely broke down. I was just in so much pain, I was just crying so much, I was screaming, I was yelling, I just wish that it wasn't real. I just think it's all a dream but it's not,' according to the outlet.
Yuma is about a 185-mile drive southwest from Phoenix.
