A mother’s pleas, scrawled on sticky notes, hidden away in a child’s sock. That was the only secure delivery method one Las Vegas mother saw as a ticket to freedom, after months of trauma at the hand of her boyfriend, according to evidence presented to a grand jury.
In February 2022, investigators say 4-year-old Mason Dominguez’s body was found inside the freezer of a northeast Las Vegas Valley home. Amid constant surveillance and threats of violence, his mother said her live-in partner is responsible for his killing, documents reveal. 신규사이트
Her husband had died in January 2021, leaving her alone with two young children. Two months later, she’d move in with 35-year-old Brandon Toseland, a man she had connected with in previous years, testimony shows. He’d serve as their primary caretaker when she was away at work or school.
Mason was a happy, quiet child, just like his mother, the victim told a grand jury. The boy lived with his sister and Toseland’s two other young children from a previous relationship. But it was his house.
During her testimony, the victim detailed being held against her will and strategically cut off from her loved ones, including her son.
In mid-December 2021, she said she was locked away from her children, a move that was not unusual for Toseland, who had a history of distrust, documents reveal. Later, he would bind her and take her cellphone, all to keep his secret concealed, she said.
“He wasn’t trusting,” she said. “He would control where I can go anywhere, what stores I can go to, what I can spend my money on.”
Meanwhile, the child’s body remained hidden inside the family home, documents show. According to the victim, Toseland would discipline the boy by hitting him with a spatula. He would also spank the others kids or put them in timeout for bad behavior, records show. Initially, the mother thought her child’s bruises were caused by normal playtime.
She’d see the marks appear every few weeks. But Toseland blamed the dog, or little falls for the purple welts on her son’s body, she said. After noticing more bruising, she confronted Toseland and she said he apologized multiple times. She didn’t want him touching her kids.
In days leading up to the child’s death, Toseland told his girlfriend to withdraw Mason from school for fear of raising a red flag about the bruising. He told her he’d be bound for prison if the school suspected any foul play.
On Dec. 10, Mason wasn’t feeling well, suffering from some bowel or digestive issue. His mother tried to comfort him, but Toseland took the child by the wrist and said he’d clean him up.
“He felt that I babied him too much and that boys, they’re supposed to be strong,” she said. From there, documents illustrate a panicked mother, banging on the door and being put in a chokehold for trying to protect her son, she said. She couldn’t get to her baby.
After that, she never saw her son alive again, she told the courtroom. Toseland said the boy needed rest.
먹중소 먹튀중개소 토토사이트 먹튀검증 온라인카지노 먹튀검증사이트 안전놀이터 먹튀사이트 검증사이트
Beauty Maker 