CHEYENNE, Wyoming: A Wyoming man accused of burning a toddler with a butane torch, killing him and disposing of his body in an apartment complex dumpster in February has had his bail set at $1 million.
The bail was set for Wyatt Dean Lamb, the boyfriend of the boy’s mother, after he made his first court appearance Tuesday in Cheyenne when he was formally informed of the charges he faces.
Lamb, 27, was not asked to enter a plea to one count of first-degree murder and 10 counts of child abuse in the death of 2-year-old Athian Rivera.
Lamb could face the death penalty but prosecutors have not said if they plan to seek it.
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A Wyoming man is accused of savagely killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son and dumping his body in a dumpster after apparently taking a blowtorch to it.
Prosecutors from the Laramie County District Attorney’s office announced the charges against Wyatt Dean Lamb late Monday, five months after 2-year-old Athian Rivera’s body was found wrapped in a sheet and stuffed in garbage bags in a Cheyenne dumpster.
A nine-page probable cause affidavit from the Cheyenne Police Department provides a gut-wrenching account of Rivera’s final moments.