Missing 4-Year-Old Baltimore Boy Found Dead in Dumpster, Mother Arrested

(L)-Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and other officials announce the death of Malachi Lawson, 4, on Aug. 3, 2019. (R)-Malachi Lawson in a file photograph. Baltimore Police Department

A missing 4-year-old Maryland boy was found dead in a dumpster.

Police Commissioner Michael Harrison told reporters at a press conference Saturday, Aug. 3 that Malachi Lawson’s mother told officers late Friday that her boy was dead.