Overview

• Montrell Williams, 2, vanished during a custodial visit with his father in the Bronx on May 10 and was reported missing on May 30 when he failed to return.
• Investigators pulled a badly decomposed body dressed in the same Calvin Klein T-shirt the boy wore when he disappeared from the East River near the Whitestone Bridge on June 11, and officials are awaiting positive identification from the medical examiner.
• Arius Williams, 20, has been jailed on contempt of court charges since June 9 for refusing to disclose his son’s whereabouts and was formally charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter on June 12.
• Surveillance video shows someone throwing a bag into the Bronx River just hours after Montrell vanished, and police say Arius Williams admitted disposing of the child.
• Mayor Eric Adams described the unfolding events as troubling and urged a thorough review of missing-person protocols.