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Missing toddler found dead in bin as mum and boyfriend arrested

A mother and her boyfriend have been arrested after her two-year-old son was found dead in a bin.

Ezekiel Harry's body was discovered inside a duffel bag in a bin in the US state of Louisiana.

Maya Jones, 28, and her boyfriend Jermaine Robinson, 37, were detained by police following the shocking find, reports the Mirror.

Mum Maya Jones (Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office)

Jones had previously told officers that she had witnessed her son being abducted by a man in a grey truck along a local bay in the city of Houma.

But according to the city's police department, detectives soon found her story to be "inaccurate".

They said Jones left her home on Cadiere Street and walked to Bayou Terrebone with Ezekiel and her three other children.

Police said "Jones went to nearby residences stating her kid was abducted", the New York Post reported.

Boyfriend Jermaine Robinson (Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office)

Officers said that they found Ezekiel and confirmed their suspicions of foul play around six hours after Jones reported his alleged abduction.

The boy's remains were disposed of in a bin on Daspit Street, which is roughly two miles away from Jones' home, according to police.

Jail records show that Jones and her boyfriend have been charged with first-degree murder and other charges.

They were being held without bond at the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff’s Office and could face the death penalty, district attorney Joe Waitz said.

It was unclear on Thursday if the pair had entered pleas to the charges.

Jones' three other children are now in the custody of their father.

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