Charges Filed in Gary Boy's Death

Christian Choate (left) and Riley Choate

Lake County (IN) authorities have filed multiple charges against Riley Choate in the 2009 death of his son Christian and we get a chill in our spine with every new detail that emerges from this case.

Riley Choate had already pleaded not guilty to charges of altering the scene of a death, failing to notify authorities of discovering a dead body and failing to report a dead body. Prosecutors have added charges of murder, battery, two counts of neglect of a dependent and criminal confinement. Christian Choate's body was discovered last week, wrapped in plastic and a blanket under the concrete slab in Gary where his father and ex-stepmother allegedly buried him two years ago. Since then, Christian Choate's sister told the Northwest Indiana Times that her father used to lock him in a cage.

It was also discovered that Christian Choate was pulled out of the Merrilville, IN school system in 2007 so that he could be home-schooled. Under Indiana law, once a student is removed from the system by a parent or legal guardian for home schooling, the school system stops tracking the child. This explains why Christian Choate fell through the cracks. A preliminary autopsy indicated that he died of blunt force trauma, internal bleeding and a skull fracture.