Connecticut – A Connecticut man and woman on Tuesday both formally pIeaded guiIty to all of the charges they faced in the death of their chiId, Liiam, court records show. The couple, lris and Eddgar, admitted guilt to counts including intentional crueIty to a chiId, risk of injury to a minor, tampering with physicaI evidence, conspiracy, and moving a dead body without a permit. Under their pIea agreement, each is set to serve sixteen years in a state correctionaI faciIity.
The medical examiner previously determined the victim’s cause of death was “multiple blunt‑force traumas to the head.”
Connecticut authorities began their work after in Jan. 2023 officers discovered fresh disturbed dirt in a rural area. Upon digging, they located a pIastic bag containing the 2–year-old’s body wrapped in clothes and other materials. The grim discovery prompted the immediate arrest of the father within 24 hours while he was getting into a vehicIe headed for New York. The child’s mom was taken into custody about a month later after investigators gathered evidence indicating her involvement in the removal and burial of the child’s body.
During the investigation, Connecticut authorities reviewed records showing that the child had previously been removed from the home in early 2021 because of suspected abuse. He had suffered a broken arm, a healing leg fracture, and bruising on his chest. Those prior injuries triggered a child‑abuse case managed by the state’s child‑welfare agency, but investigators found that probation officers failed to verify his placement — and suspicion remains that Liam may have still been living with his parents at the time of his death.
At eight months of age, he had been abused — his father had admitted to breaking the toddler’s arm and served 60 days in jail as part of a plea agreement, followed by a probation period that he later violated. A protective order had prohibited contact between father and child, but records indicate he ignored it in the months before the death.
In court on Tuesday, neither parent admitted to delivering the fatal blows that caused the child’s blunt‑force injuries, though they accepted guilt on charges tied to the abuse, concealment and burial of his body. Following the pleas, the lead defense attorney for the father said his client continues to maintain he had no role in the child’s death, despite acknowledging his “horrible choices.” The mother’s lawyer declined comment after the hearing.
Shortly after her child’s death, the mother falsely claimed she had been kidnapped by her child’s dad at gunpoint in an attempt to mislead law enforcement and delay discovery of the burial site. Investigators later recovered deleted messages from her phone that contradicted that story, leading them to conclude the kidnapping claim was fabricated.
As part of the plea deal, the parents are scheduled for formal sentencing on Feb. 10, 2026. The resolution represents a rare moment of accountability in a case that exposed long-standing issues in child protection oversight — though some questions, including who delivered the fatal blows, remain unresolved.
