Idaho – An Idaho coupIe, 31-year-old Bryan and 28-year-old AIIysen, were arrested in Idaho, and charged with multiple felony counts after their 1-week-old baby was found dead, police said. Both parents are facing felony injury to a chiId, hiding evidence, faiIing to report or deIaying reporting a death, resisting, and obstruction in connection with the baby’s death, according to court records. The arrests came after a weeks-long investigation that raised serious questions about how the newborn died and how the couple responded afterward.
Idaho authorities were called to a property in the early morning hours of Dec. 16, 2025, after they received a 911 call reporting an unresponsive baby. When officers arrived, they found the baby was already dead. The father was still at the house, and he told police that the child’s mother was not present. Police later located the woman hiding in a camp trailer in the backyard.
Early in the investigation, officers discovered the baby’s body had been moved after death. Detectives determined that the infant did not die where he was initially reported, and that the death likely occurred inside a “filthy trailer” on the property, which was described in court documents as containing trash, food, dirt, cigarettes, and animaI f-ces. The local police department said the baby appeared to have suffocated, though the official cause of death will ultimately be determined by the medical examiner once an autopsy and toxicology exams are complete.
Contrary to what authorities expect most people to do when a baby dies, police said both parents texted each other after their child died instead of immediately calling for help or reporting the death. Court records obtained by local media show the father sent messages to the baby’s mom that included statements like, “What did I do. I’m sorry. I don’t know what happened, but it be my fault. Are they saying SlDS?” before finally contacting emergency services later that night.
When police interviewed the father after the 911 call, he initially claimed the baby had been found unconscious in a bed at the house. He said the baby’s mom was not there when he made that report. However, detectives uncovered evidence that the infant had died in the trailer and then was brought into the house, which suggested an attempt to conceal the true location and circumstances of the death. Police said no CPR had been performed before they arrived and that the timeline and details did not align with the man’s initial account.
As the investigation continued, he later told officers that the baby had actually been sleeping with the mother in a trailer and that the mother rolled over on the baby while they were asIeep, causing the baby to suffocate. Police say his story changed after detectives determined the child died in the trailer and was later moved to the house.
The woman’s explanation to officers was not immediately clear at the scene because she was arrested on an unrelated out-of-county warrant when she was found inside the trailer. She was later booked alongside the man on the charges related to their infant’s death.
Court documents also reveal that this was not the family’s first interaction with child welfare authorities. Records show that at least five children previously had been removed from the parent’s care due to hazardous living conditions. Three of those children were removed in 2019 and two more in 2022, each time resulting in misdemeanor injury to a child charges for both parents. Those earlier cases involved unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the home that prompted social services intervention.
Neighbors and former foster caregivers had previously raised concerns about the family’s living situation and the wellbeing of their children. One person caring for some of the couple’s other children said she had contacted authorities to request welfare checks on the newborn out of concern for his safety, given the family’s history. According to that individual, attempts to get relevant agencies to check on the baby before his death were not acted upon in a way that prevented this tragedy.
The couple’s bond was set at $500,000 each, and they are scheduled to appear in court for preliminary hearings in early January. The man’s hearing is set for Jan. 13, and the woman’s is scheduled for Jan. 7, according to court records.