First Posted: May 12, 2021 09:48 PM EDT
A missing case quickly turned into murder when the body of a Las Vegas toddler was discovered, prompting the confession of the suspect to the heinous crime.
The body of the two-year-old victim, identified as Amari Nicholson, was found on Wednesday. After hours, the suspect, the boyfriend of the victim s mom, was ordered held without bail, Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
KTNV Las Vegas said that Nicholson went missing on May 5 near Paradise Road and Twain Avenue. Because of this, the authorities prompted a massive search as the victim s family and volunteers hoped to find the Las Vegas toddler.
Terrell Rhodes Las Vegas man charged with murder of Amari Nicholson (pictured), girlfriend s missing two year old son.
Terrell Rhodes Las Vegas man charged w/ Amari Nicholson murder. Also pictured missing boy’s mother, Tayler Nicholson.
Terrell Rhodes Las Vegas man charged with the murder of girlfriend’s missing two year old son, Amari Nicholson.
The boyfriend of a
Las Vegas woman whose 2 year old son went missing, on Tuesday confessed to murdering the boy,
Amari Nicholson.
Terrell Rhodes, the boyfriend of Amari’s mother,
Tayler Nicholson, is currently being booked into jail on suspicion of murder. The little boy has still not been found but police are reportedly searching for his body
Boyfriend, 27, is charged with beating to death his girlfriend s missing two-year-old son for urinating in his pants after he told police the child had been taken by an unknown relative
Terrell Rhodes, 27, is charged with first-degree murder in beating death of his girlfriend s son, Amari Nicholson
Two-year-old Amari was reported missing from Las Vegas hotel on May 5, after Rhodes claimed his paternal aunt pick him up
Police arrested Rhodes on Tuesday; it s unclear whether they have recovered Amari body
Amari s mother, Tayler Nicholson, said Rhodes had confessed to killing her son
In a social media exchange, Nicholson claimed Rhodes beat the toddler to death for urinating in his pants
Aaron KellerMay 12th, 2021, 5:37 pm
A Las Vegas boyfriend is under arrest for allegedly killing his girlfriend’s 2-year-old boy. The convoluted case involves a missing child later found dead, reports of a confession, and a bizarre joint television interview where the child’s mother and her since-charged boyfriend blamed other relatives for taking the child.
The Las Vegas Metro Police Department says it received a report on May 5 that the boy at the center of the case,
Amari Nicholson, was missing from an apartment complex on Paradise Road near . (Other reports describe the location where the boy disappeared as an extended stay hotel.)