They reported the disappearance of his son and are now tried for his murder.

April 25, 2019

Andrew "AJ" Freund was 5 years old and his body appeared in a grave near his house. The parents of the child are the main suspects of the murder.

The body of Andrew "AJ" Freund, a 5-year-old boy missing from his home last week in suburban Chicago, was found buried Wednesday in a shallow pit. His parents were charged with murder. .

"We know that you are at peace and that you are playing in the court of heaven and we are happy that you no longer have to suffer," said the fathers of the victim, according to the Crystal Lake Police Chief. , James Black.

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In the words of the officer, Andrew's parents, JoAnn Cunningham and Andrew Freund Sr., were interrogated by detectives and received information that led them to the shallow grave at Woodstock, about 20 minutes from the house. family in Crystal Lake.

"The body was found wrapped in plastic, the cause of death is still unknown," Black told the media about the story that horrified the city's residents.

Andrew's parents told the police that they had last seen him around 5 pm on April 17. It was at that point that they decided to call 911 to say that the father of the child had stated that he had gone to an appointment At the doctor's office on the morning of April 18 and when he had gone home to Crystal Lake, his son was gone.

"We visited the neighborhood, I went to the local park, to the local gas station where we sometimes took him to buy treats … I do not know where he would be at all," said Freund.

Police raided Tuesday in a park near the couple's home and asked neighbors to provide surveillance videos from their homes. They also brought a canine team that, through the smell of Andrew's clothing, began tracking him down.

He went looking for a job and they discovered that he had committed murder 20 years ago.

The first hypotheses showed that the child had been kidnapped, which indicates that he was not going on foot, according to what the detectives said earlier in the week.

Freund and Cunningham are currently in custody and both are the subject of five counts of first degree murder. She was also charged with four counts of aggravated badault, two counts of aggravated badault and one count of non-reporting the death of a missing child.