OMG...:( BLUFFTON, IN. - Court documents outline gruesome details in the death and treatment of a 3-year-old whose presumed disappearance prompted an hours-long community-wide search on Sunday. Three people -- including a 16-year-old and the dead toddlers mom -- are being held by police in the death of little Owen Collins. One of the suspects in the toddlers death reportedly revealed to police that he and the 3-year-olds mother put “dope in [her kids] bottles and watch them have fun.” The little boy was apparently dead, in the home, for almost an entire day before his body was put in a cardboard box, dumped in the woods and set on fire with nail polish remover used as fuel, court documents say. The mother of Owen Collins, 21-year-old Breanna J. Arnold and Zachary S. Barnes, 30, were each arrested and preliminarily charged on two felonies: neglect of a dependent resulting in the boys death and abuse of a corpse. An unidentified teenager was arrested along with the couple on Sunday on a felony charge of abuse of a corpse. The 16-year-old had apparently been living with Arnold and Barnes for several months and acted as the babysitter for Owen and his 6-year-old brother. Formal charges against the suspects have not yet been filed. The state has granted a hold of up to 72-hours, during which time they will remain in jail without bond. According to information gathered by police after interviewing the three suspects, they were all “shooting dope” in the Normandy Drive home Friday night into Saturday. When the mom, Arnold, went to check on Owen and his 6-year-old brother on Saturday, Owen was dead. The teenager told police Arnold came running out of the back bedroom with Owens body saying “my baby.” Barnes admitted he suggested they get rid of him. Owen was dead, in the home, for almost an entire day. Barnes and the teenager told police that the child was wrapped in plastic wrap and placed into a dresser drawer in a bedroom. At some point, according to what the teenager told police, there was a discussion about “chopping him up and throwing him in the river.” Barnes said that on Sunday morning, he and the teenager put Owen in a cardboard box and got a ride from a woman to Marion. While on their way, they stopped at a wooded area in Wells County.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 02:15:35 +0000
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