By: Las Vegas Now Staff
The suspicious death of 4-year-old boy is now a murder investigation. Initially, police were told the boy died in a car accident. But police now believe the boy's mother and her boyfriend are responsible.
Police say that Trenton Quick was killed before he was put into that car Tuesday morning and the boy's mother and her boyfriend are now under arrest. Police believe child abuse had been an ongonig problem in the home.
It started out as a fatal car accident in the desert off the 215 near Losee. A 4-year-old boy was found dead after the driver of a small white car claimed he lost control. Now police believe their original suspicions on this death were right.
Sean Walker, of North Las Vegas police department said, “We believe the driver of that car, Trevor Carter, actually staged that accident in an effort to cover up abuse that was suffered by the deceased.”
Trevor Carter, 21, was arrested on first degree murder and child abuse. Carter is not the boy's father, but the boyfriend of the boy's mother, 24-year-old Amber Scott, who was also arrested on three counts of child abuse and neglect.
Even though she wasn't in the car at the time, police believe she may have turned a blind eye to the abuse.
“I'm really not sure how big of a role she played in what took place. I think she at least knew that it was going on,” said Walker.
Scott's co-workers say Carter and Scott had been in a relationship for two years and lived with Scott's three children. Like police, they had their doubts when they heard the news.
“What is a child doing in the desert? What is a man doing with children in the desert for – why are they going to the desert,” said Myesha Coleman, a co-worker.
Coleman says she talked with Amber Scott on the phone shortly after the boy was found dead.
“She was just telling me her baby her baby was dead… was dead… said they found him dead at the site,” said Coleman.
“He was beautfiul. He was a beautiful little 4-year-old… innocent,” said Coleman.
But now, the two adults the 4-year-old saw everyday could be the very ones who hurt him most.
The two other children – a 3 and 6-year-old who lived in the home — are now in protective custody.
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