Dad says he found son, 3, dead in dryer; police investigate
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Authorities in Virginia said Wednesday that they’re investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy whose father says he found the child’s body in a clothes dryer.
Virginia Beach police spokeswoman Linda Kuehn said the boy’s death on Aug. 7 remains under investigation.
Donna Price, a district administrator for the local medical examiner’s office, said that agency’s own investigation into the cause and manner of the child’s death is continuing.
The boy’s father, Chet Lloyd, told The Virginian Pilot on Friday that he awoke at his townhome that day to find his son, Brantley Lloyd, in the dryer. He said the boy must have climbed out of his crib. Lloyd said Brantley was in a bad mood and throwing tantrums the day before, which was the boy’s birthday. The father said he slept late the next day and didn’t go to work because he had been up all night with his son.