Missing 5-year-old boy found dead, mother arrested and charged

FLORIDA- The body of missing 5-year-old Chance Peterkin has been found in a lake.

Police have arrested his mother, Philletta Moransit, 29, and have charged her with child neglect with great bodily harm and resisting arrest/obstruction. She may facing other charges as well in connection to her son’s death.

Peterkin’s body was found on Friday by a Sheriff who was searching around the lake, after the victims mother’s clothing were found there.

Morasit reported her son missing on Thursday, but stopped cooperating with police. The last time Chance was seen alive was on Thursday morning, when he was walking with his mother in a park.

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