12/23/2022
Arkansas boy buried under floorboards was drowned in toilet by mom’s boyfriend
An Arkansas boy found buried under the floor of his home last week was drowned in the toilet by his mother’s boyfriend as “punishment” for biting the man’s finger.
An arrest affidavit says that the boy’s mother, 28-year-old Ashley Rolland, told investigators that her boyfriend, 33-year-old Nathan Bridges, killed her son Blu on September 9, NBC News reports.
Rolland also told detectives that Bridges was responsible for her 6-year-old daughter’s severe burn injuries — caused by holding her under scalding hot water “as punishment for her behavior issues,” according to the affidavit.
Bridges refused to talk with investigators, the affidavit says.
The boy’s age was unclear. Arkansas State Police said he was 6, but the court documents say he was born on December 16, 2017 — five years to the day before his body was found. But his paternal grandmother, Karen Rolland, said he would have turned 6. A GoFundMe established for Blu’s funeral says the girl is 7 and Blu was 5.
Ashley Rolland told police that Bridges also caused her surviving 6-year-old daughter’s injuries — later identified by medical personnel as severe burns — by holding her under hot water “as punishment for her behavior issues,” the affidavit alleges.
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