St. Petersburg, Fla – Police announced on Monday that the father of a Florida toddler who was found dead in the jaws of an alligator last month had drowned the child.
According to a statement from the St. Petersburg Police Department, 2-year-old Taylen Mosley’s cause of death was confirmed to be drowning by the Pinellas County Medical Examiner.
The child’s father, Thomas Mosley, 21, is facing two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his son and the boy’s mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20.
Police spokespersons reported that Mosley is accused of throwing or placing his son in Lake Maggiore, where he was later found in an alligator’s mouth. The medical examiner’s office has not released any additional information at this time.
The public defender’s office for the 6th Judicial Circuit stated that while the cause of the child’s death was released to the media, their office had not yet received the full autopsy report for review.
The child’s body was discovered on March 31, and the alligator was subsequently shot and killed by a detective.
Police Chief Anthony Holloway said that the toddler had been missing since March 30, when Jeffery was discovered dead in her apartment.
She had suffered over 100 stab wounds, according to reports.
The investigation remains ongoing
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