After boy found in concrete, ex-Wichita mayor seeks answers

Source: Associated Press


Updated 1:09 pm, Thursday, September 7, 2017

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Wichita mayor and gubernatorial candidate said members of his family made unsuccessful efforts to confirm the safety of his 3-year-old grandson before a body that police believe is the boy's was found encased in concrete.

Carl Brewer said "something went wrong," although it's too early to know whether the system failed Evan Brewer, The Wichita Eagle reports. Official identification of the remains found Saturday in a rental home where Evan's mother, Miranda Miller, and her boyfriend, Stephen Bodine, had been living is awaiting DNA results.
 
Police made the gruesome discovery after a landlord, who had evicted Miller and Bodine, noticed a strange odor while going through the home. A custody dispute between Brewer's son, Carlo Brewer, and Miller had led to Miller's arrest earlier last week.
 
Miller, 36, has been charged with aggravated interference with parental custody and Bodine, 40, with aggravated assault. No one has been charged in connection with the boy's death.

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