Overview

• KABC obtained footage from July 11 that appears to show a man carrying a blanket-wrapped bundle beside a woman near the street where the body was found the next day, with a store owner saying a head and small feet were visible.
• Brycson Malik Gaddis, 20, is charged with murder and assault on a child causing death and remains jailed on $2 million bail after entering a not-guilty plea this week.
• An autopsy found 5-year-old Elyjah Hearn suffered fatal blunt-force injuries, including a fractured jaw and ribs and a lacerated liver.
• A search-warrant affidavit cites blood indications in a Panorama City apartment bathroom and a tote bag, and notes a multicolored blanket consistent with the one wrapped around the remains.
• Police questioned the boy’s mother, identified as the woman seen in the video, and released her without charges while the investigation continues.