CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (WIFR) — Updated: April 24, 2019, 2 p.m.
Crystal Lake Police and the FBI announced the recovery of AJ Freund’s body on Wednesday.
Freund’s parents face several chatges, including first-degree murder and concealing the death.
Police say the body was found wrapped in plastic in a shallow grave.
More details will be added to this story momentarily.
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Updated: April 24, 2019, 12:05 p.m.
The Chicago Tribune reports: “The body of the missing Crystal Lake 5-year-old, Andrew “AJ” Freund, has been found, according to a source close to the case.”
A news conference confirming more details on the search for a missing Crystal Lake boy has been pushed back to 1 p.m.
The update is scheduled one hour than previously planned, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office.
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Updated April 24, 2019, 9 a.m.
Police say they’ll hold a noon press conference to give an update in the case of 5-year-old Andrew “AJ” Freund.
Crystal Lake Police Chief James Black and FBI Special Agent Colin McGuire are speaking at City Hall.
AJ Freund was reported missing Thursday after disappearing from his parents’ home after being put to bed.
A custody hearing over the parents’ younger son, Parker, was pushed back to next week.
Police say AJ’s father spoke to authorities over the weekend, but his mother, JoAnn Cunningham, is not cooperating.
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While the search for missing 5-year-old Andrew “AJ” Freund continues, Crystal Lake Police have released audio from a 911 call when he was reported missing.
Here is the redacted audio from the call, provided by the Crystal Lake Police Department on Facebook:
In the call made last Thursday, Andrew Freund Sr. tells an officer he arrived home from a doctor’s appointment to discover his son, was gone.
Freund Sr. says he searched the Crystal Lake house, garage, a park, and other locations, but could not find his son. The last time he says he saw his son was when he went to bed Wednesday night.
Crystal Lake Police have asked neighbors for surveillance video in the hunt for clues about the boy’s disappearance. Police say they boy’s mother, JoAnn Cunningham, is refusing to cooperate with the investigation.
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