Father beat 7-year-old son, fed his body to pigs- Police

A Kansas City man arrested for attacking his wife
is also suspected of feeding his 7-year-old son to
pigs after beating him to death.
Michael Jones, 44, was held after reports that he
had assaulted his wife at their home and fired a
gun at her.
But when police began investigating, they were
tipped off that they should search the family's
backyard for the decomposing remains of their
missing son.
The next day, human remains were found at a
barn on their property in Wyandotte County.
Local women who knew the family said the
couple had eight children, but their son had
disappeared earlier this year. They also claimed
Jones' wife added livestock to the barn in
September.
"Their house was horrible," one
anonymous woman told WSFA.com. "Their
house was just filthy. The kids lived in filth.
Trash everywhere. Dried food all over the
house."
Former babysitters for the family say several
people contacted the Kansas Department for
Children and Families with concerns about the
children.
The seven other children are believed to be safe
and in protective custody.
A police source said investigators fear the
remains are the result of the child being fed to
pigs after being beaten to death. The remains
have yet to be identified.
Jones is now charged with battering and
assaulting his wife on Wednesday, and also with
"torturing or cruelly beating" his 7-year-old son
sometime between May 1 and Sept. 28.
Jones is expected to have a first appearance in
Wyandotte County District Court on Monday.