Toddler Found in Alligator’s Jaw Drowned by Father: Authorities
The cause of death for a Florida toddler found in the jaw of an alligator has been determined. On Monday, the St. Petersburg Police Department revealed in press release that 2-year-old Taylen Mosley died from drowning…
The cause of death for a Florida toddler found in the jaw of an alligator has been determined.
On Monday, the St. Petersburg Police Department revealed in press release that 2-year-old Taylen Mosley died from drowning. This was confirmed with the Pinellas County medical examiner.
The boy’s father, Thomas Mosley, 21, was found responsible for his son’s death and the death of his mother, Pashun Jeffery, 20. He was charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
A police spokesperson stated via NBC News that Thomas Mosley either “threw or placed” Taylen in the lake where he was found inside the alligator’s mouth.
“The investigation on both sides is ongoing, and we continue to receive and evaluate all of the information we are provided,” the public defender’s office of the 6th Judicial Circuit stated.
On March 31, Taylen was found in the jaw of an alligator in St. Petersburg, Florida, after he had been reported missing for days.
On March 30, the deceased body of his mother was found in her apartment after she was brutally stabbed to death, per a press release from the St. Petersburg Police Department.
According to NBC News,