A Virginia father has been indicted this month in the alleged murder of his 4-year-old son.

On June 3, a grand jury indicted Cory Bigsby on charges of murder and concealment of a dead body in connection with the death of 4-year-old Codi Bigsby, according to court records very first acquired by WAVY-TV.

The indictment declares Cory killed his child Codi on or around June 18, 2021, and carried, hidden and altered the young boy’s body “with harmful intent and to avoid detection of an unlawful act or to prevent the detection of death or the manner or cause of death.”

It wasn’t till 7 months later, on January 31, 2022, that Cory reported his kid missing to authorities, according to a press release from the Hampton Police Division..

Private investigators talked to Cory, who stated he last saw his child around 2 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2022, and that the child was “no place to be discovered,” Hampton Police Chief Mark Talbot stated at an interview at the time.

On Feb. 1, police officials told press reporters that the case did not satisfy the criteria for an Amber Alert, saying there’s no information that would lead detectives to think the 4-year-old had been abducted.

Chief Talbot also stated that the proof police had about when the boy was last seen did not “match the stories we have actually gotten at this moment,” describing the details offered by the kid’s household.

Cory was later on identified as an individual of interest in the case and was eventually apprehended in February 2022 on felony kid overlook charges, a police press release states. The charges came from the alleged abuse and overlook of Codi and his three other brother or sisters, who were left at home alone, authorities said, per WAVY-TV.

Different court records acquired by WAVY-TV indicated that Cory also deals with 30 more counts of kid abuse and disregard.

Though authorities have actually launched comprehensive searches for Codi with the help of federal and regional agencies, his body has yet to be recuperated.

According to WAVY-TV, Hampton Police Chief Mark Talbot stated he is not amazed at the news of this month’s indictment and offered his acknowledgements.

” I hope that today begins the healing procedure for the family and for those people who discovered ourselves in pain for a child that we never ever satisfied,” the chief informed the news outlet.

Cory is being represented by lawyer Amina Matheny-Willard, who stated she “will be submitting a federal suit against the Hampton Roads Regional Jail at the conclusion of the criminal cases,” according to NBC 12 and 13 News Now.

” We maintain Cory Bigsby’s innocence, and we are deeply, deeply interrupted by the unconstitutional and coercive actions taken by the commonwealth through its representatives at the Hampton Roads Regional Jail,” Matheny-Willard stated in a declaration, per NBC 12.