{"id":34825,"date":"2025-08-20T17:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34825"},"modified":"2025-08-20T17:40:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T17:40:40","slug":"boys-parents-reported-him-missing-then-came-an-alleged-confession-about-sleeping-medication-before-grisly-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=34825","title":{"rendered":"Boy&#8217;s Parents Reported Him Missing \u2014 Then Came An Alleged Confession About Sleeping Medication Before Grisly Discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article__primary-video-container_1-0\" class=\"comp article__primary-video-container mntl-block\">\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-content_1-0\" class=\"comp article-content mntl-block\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-page mntl-block structured-content\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"90\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"24\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"4\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1250, 1550, 1950, 2350, 2750, 3150, 3550, 3950]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block people-sc-block-callout mntl-sc-block-universal-callout theme-needtoknow\" data-tracking-id=\"mntl-sc-block-callout\" data-tracking-container=\"true\">\n<div class=\"mntl-sc-block-universal-callout__body\">\n<ul>\n<li>10-year-old Jayden Spicer was found dead last week following a roughly weeklong search<\/li>\n<li>Spicer&#8217;s mother and stepfather were later charged in connection with his death<\/li>\n<li>First responders are now calling on each other to help escort the boy&#8217;s body to the cemetery where he&#8217;ll be buried<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">A Kentucky man has been accused of helping his wife cover up the death of her 10-year-old son after she was charged with manslaughter earlier this month in connection with the death, as local first responders are now calling on each other to help escort the child\u2019s body to his final resting place.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Joshua Gross became the second person charged this week in connection with the death of 10-year-old Jayden Spicer, whose mother Felicia Gross first reported him missing on Aug. 6 \u2013 a week before police allege she confessed to killing her son, PEOPLE previously <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/mom-pleaded-for-help-finding-missing-son-found-in-grave-now-facing-charges-11790389\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Joshua was charged on Monday with falsely reporting an accident, tampering with evidence, abuse of a corpse, and two charges of tampering with a witness, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlky.com\/article\/kentucky-boy-buried-woods-spicer-second-charged\/65810277\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">WLKY<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkyt.com\/2025\/08\/18\/husband-felicia-gross-indicted-mom-charged-with-murder-jayden-spicer-case\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">WKYT<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">PEOPLE reported last week that police claim Felicia admitted to killing her son \u2014 after allegedly falsely reporting him missing to police and pleading on social media for help finding the boy.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_10-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cWe want him safe at home,\u201d the mother wrote in a note she shared to social media. \u201cPlease if anybody see my son jayden spicer please report it to the jackson police department.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_12-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">But according to police, it was Felicia and Joshua \u2014 the boy\u2019s stepfather \u2014 who were the last to see him alive.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><strong><em>Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-true-crime-newsletter-sign-up-8692775\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">PEOPLE&#8217;s free True Crime newsletter<\/a>\u00a0for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Felicia allegedly confessed to giving Jayden sleeping pills and later burying him in a plastic tote, according to an arrest document obtained by the<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kentucky.com\/news\/local\/crime\/article311689266.html\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Lexington Herald Leader<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The mother allegedly told investigators she thought the child died from an emergency stemming from sleeping medication he took, per the outlet.. She also allegedly confessed to &#8220;coaching&#8221; his siblings for their police interviews.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_21-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">Felicia was charged with manslaughter, abuse of corpse, tampering with evidence and falsely reporting.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">The case surrounding the 10-year-old boy has had an emotional impact on city officials, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlky.com\/article\/kentucky-boy-dead-jayden-spicer-escort-funeral-first-responders\/65829642\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">WLKY<\/a>, which reported Wednesday that a Breathitt County jailer called on first responders to help him escort the young boy\u2019s body from a local funeral home to the cemetery where he\u2019ll be buried.<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\u201cIn the 25 years I&#8217;ve been doing this, this is probably one of the sadder ones that I&#8217;ve been involved in,\u201d the jailer said in his post, according to the outlet. &#8220;I hope to see nothing blue and red as far as we can see, and I hope that we can take Jayden to his final resting place in a way that he would be proud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"><em>If you suspect child abuse, call the Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline at 1-800-4-A-Child or 1-800-422-4453, or go to www.childhelp.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. 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