Two 21-year-old parents were arrested after a toddler believed to be their son was found buried in a garbage bag along the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Onterio Thompson and Gabrielle Whittington were arrested Thursday after the child's grandmother alerted the police and a toddler's body was found buried inside garbage bag outside the house.


The child, who is believed to have been dead for two weeks, was so badly decomposed a cause of death could not be immediately established. An autopsy was conducted on Thursday but a cause of death is still pending, Daily Mail reports.

Both Whittington and Thompson were arrested on charges of unlawful disposal of human remains and the obstruction of justice.