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By David K. Li
A 13-year-old Iowa boy who escaped after his parents took his cell phone was found dead near his home, police said Monday.
Corey Brown of Marshalltown, Iowa, had not been seen since Tuesday night before investigators uncovered his body in an "isolated neighborhood" of the city at around 10:45 am Sunday, according to a statement from the police. .
The place where Corey was found was less than 2 km from the boy's home, Marshalltown Police Chief Mike Tupper told NBC News on Monday.
"At the moment, there is no evidence or information indicating that a criminal activity is related to this," according to a police statement from Marshalltown. "However, it is still an active investigation and all possible scenarios will be the subject of a thorough investigation."
It was not clear right away if Corey knew where he was found.
"We think we will be able to accurately report on his actions and his whereabouts," he said.
Tupper told reporters at a press conference Thursday night that Corey had left the house after the boy had problems with his parents who had finally taken his cell phone.
"Everyone with children has talked to their children about house rules," Tupper said on Monday. "It was a typical parent-teen interaction, no anger, nothing extraordinary."
The weather conditions made Corey's research difficult, as the high temperature never exceeded 29 degrees. The minimum on these four and a half days reached -9 degrees on Friday morning.
Marshalltown, which is about 50 miles northwest of Des Moines, fell over 15 inches of snow on Tuesday and Wednesday.
An autopsy had not been performed on Monday morning. When surveillance cameras spotted Corey leaving home Tuesday night, he was wearing a Seattle Seahawks knit cap, a red shirt, black pants, gray tennis shoes and a lime green coat.
"He was wearing the same clothes that he had left at home," Tupper said of Corey's condition during his discovery.
