Missing Codi Bigsby: 4-year-old’s father arrested, charged with child neglect, Virginia police say

Cory Bigsby, the daddy of lacking 4-year-old Codi Bigsby in Virginia, has been arrested on little one neglect costs, police stated Thursday night. 

In a press launch, Hampton Police stated Bigsby has been transported to grownup consumption and charged with seven counts of felony little one neglect.

Hampton Police stated the elder Bigsby’s arrest and costs weren’t the “conclusion of the investigative course of.” 

“[W]e will proceed to do all the things in our energy to search out Codi,” HPD stated. 

The division stated it has partnered with federal and regional companions, spoken to lots of of residents and “adopted each attainable lead.” 

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“At the moment, Codi nonetheless has not but been discovered. Our search efforts to search out Codi will proceed all through the weekend.”  

No additional particulars have been launched. A press convention was scheduled for Friday. 

Fox Information has reached out to Bigsby’s lawyer for remark and can replace this story accordingly. 

Bigsby’s arrest comes someday after police named him an individual of curiosity of their investigation into his son’s disappearance. 

The HPD responded to a lacking individuals name Monday morning at an condo advanced within the Buckroe neighborhood in Hampton. 

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Bigsby, 43, informed police he final noticed his son on the condo advanced on Monday round 2 a.m. carrying all-black clothes and Spider-Man flip-flops, HPD Police Chief Mark Talbot stated throughout a Tuesday press convention, including that the knowledge was later deemed unreliable. 

Courtroom information obtained by FOX 43 present Codi’s mom made an assault allegation towards Cory Bigsby in 2018, saying he threatened to kill her. 

The police division reached its volunteer capability on Tuesday and Wednesday to help of their seek for the boy after posting requests on social media.

Forensic models have been seen digging via a dumpster on the condo advanced round 11 p.m. Monday, in accordance with WAVY. Investigators pulled a mattress from the dumpster, however it’s unclear whether or not they found something associated to their investigation into Codi’s disappearance.

Fox Information’ Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.