A mother who publicly begged for help when her 10-year-old son went missing has been charged after his body was found buried in a shallow grave, according to police.

Jayden Spicer’s remains were recovered in a “heavily wooded area” of rural Breathitt County, Kentucky on Tuesday afternoon — six days after he was reported missing, according to Kentucky State Police.

The boy’s mom, 33-year-old Felicia Gross, of Jackson, was arrested and charged with manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence and falsely reporting an incident, trooper Matt Gayheart told reporters . 5

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Gross had earlier provided a handwritten statement to the media begging for help — which investigators believe was penned when she already knew what had happened to the boy, Fox 56 reported . 5

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