{"id":34334,"date":"2025-08-16T14:17:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34334"},"modified":"2025-08-16T14:17:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T14:17:44","slug":"mom-wrote-heartrending-note-after-son-10-vanished-then-cops-discovered-her-horrifying-secret-daily-mail-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34334","title":{"rendered":"Mom wrote heartrending note after son, 10, vanished… then cops discovered her horrifying secret | Daily Mail Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A mother stuffed her young son’s body into a bag and buried it in a shallow grave then falsely reported him lost in the woods, police allege.<\/p>\n

Jayden Spicer, 10, was reported missing from his home on\u00a0Panbowl Branch Road in the tiny Kentucky<\/a> town of Jackson on the morning of August 6.<\/p>\n

His parents said they hadn’t seen him since about 9pm and believed he wandered off during the night or early in the morning.<\/p>\n

Jayden was last seen wearing blue Sonic the Hedgehog pajama pants and a matching shirt and his mother desperately appealed for help to find him.<\/p>\n

‘We love Jaden and we want him safe at home… We love him very much, please do the right thing, call the police,’ Jayden’s mother Felicia Gross wrote.<\/p>\n

Police scoured the woods and surrounding area for days using\u00a0aircraft, drones, dogs, and sonar, as Gross’ story began to unravel.<\/p>\n

Jayden’s aunts said the story of his disappearance ‘didn’t add up’ as the boy didn’t like insects or the dark and wouldn’t go blundering through the woods.<\/p>\n

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Jayden Spicer, 10, was reported missing from his home on Panbowl Branch Road in the tiny Kentucky town of Jackson on the morning of August 6<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jayden’s mother Felicia Gross was\u00a0charged with second-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, evidence tampering, and falsely reporting an incident<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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‘We love Jaden and we want him safe at home… We love him very much, please do the right thing, call the police,’ Jayden’s mother Felicia Gross wrote in a note begging for help<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Finally, after almost a week, Gross cracked on Tuesday and allegedly confessed to police that her son was dead and his disappearance was a ruse.<\/p>\n

‘She confessed to providing Jayden a type of sleeping medication,’ Kentucky State Police alleged in charging documents.<\/p>\n

‘Ms Gross further stated that this medication caused Jayden to have a medical emergency and she believed that he had passed away from this medical emergency.’<\/p>\n

Gross then led police to where she allegedly buried her son, and his body was found in a shallow grave about 19 miles from the family home about 3pm on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

‘Ms Gross further stated in the interview that she had transported Jayden’s body to a wooded area on Canoe Road near the mouth of Joe Little Fork,’ police alleged.<\/p>\n

‘A search warrant was prepared and executed on this property and Jayden’s remains were located buried underground in a plastic tote.’<\/p>\n

Detectives alleged Gross enlisted Jayden’s siblings into backing up their story when two of them were interviewed during the investigation.<\/p>\n

‘Ms Gross admitted to ‘coaching’ the siblings into what to say during the interview,’ the documents alleged.<\/p>\n

Gross was charged with second-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, evidence tampering, and falsely reporting an incident and locked up in the\u00a0Kentucky River Regional Jail.<\/p>\n

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Jayden’s body was found in a shallow grave about 19 miles from the family home<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gross was\u00a0locked up in the Kentucky River Regional Jail and faced court this week<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Gross was arrested after allegedly confessing her role in Jayden’s death<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jayden’s home on Panbowl Branch Road in the tiny Kentucky town of Jackson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

An autopsy will be performed on Jayden’s body to confirm his cause of death.<\/p>\n

‘I would like to take a moment to thank the many different organizations that assisted in the search efforts for Jayden,’ Trooper Matt Gayheart said.<\/p>\n

‘All of the volunteers that spent numerous hours and days trying to locate him. Thank you to every person that sent tips or even shared a social media post.<\/p>\n

‘Thank you for the many prayers that were prayed, and we ask that you continue to pray for a community that grieves during this tragic loss.’<\/p>\n

Commonwealth’s Attorney Miranda King will prosecute Gross on the serious charges against her.<\/p>\n

‘While this is not the outcome that we had hoped for, we certainly are grateful that we were able to bring him out of the woods today,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘I would like to assure the public that now, thanks to these guys, Jayden is now in good hands, and we’re gonna take care of him.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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