【读新闻学英语】3岁男童失踪后遗体寻获 恶魔居然是亲妈！

The mother of a toddler who claimed her son had disappeared during a trip to a local park has been arrested.
一名声称年幼儿子在去当地公园时失踪的妈妈已被捕。
Toddler： 幼童
Claim：声称

The body of three-year-old Daniel Theriot was discovered near Lake Mead National Recreation Area in the early hours of Monday morning, after he was reported missing by his mother on Sunday morning, the Daily Mail reported.
据《每日邮报》报道，在孩子的妈妈于周日上午报告儿子失踪后，3岁Daniel Theriot的尸体于周一早上在米德湖国家休闲区附近被发现。
Lake Mead National Recreation Area：米德湖国家休闲区

Cassie Smith, 20, called 911 around 9am on Sunday, telling police she'd taken her son to feed the ducks at Sunset Park,Las Vegas, but when she'd looked away for a second to use her phone, he'd disappeared.
20岁的Cassie Smith在周日早上9点左右打电话给911，告诉警察说她带儿子去拉斯维加斯的日落公园喂鸭子，但是当她看了会手机后，儿子就消失了。
Sunset Park：日落公园
Las Vegas：拉斯维加斯

Police immediately mounted a huge search effort, closing the park and checking each car as they left. But investigators say they also began to have their suspicions about the woman's version of events and launched a simultaneous criminal investigation.
警方立即进行了大面积搜索，关闭了公园并在每辆车离开公园时进行了检查。但调查人员表示，他们也开始怀疑这位母亲所讲的事件版本，并同时开展刑事调查。
Suspicions：怀疑
Simultaneous：同时的

Ray Spencer, a homicide detective, told a news conference on Monday that it didn't make sense for the mom to take Daniel to Sunset Park, a huge 300-acre space with a 9-acre lake, when they lived in walking distance of Lorenzi Park.
凶杀案侦探Ray Spencer周一在新闻发布会上说，在他们居住地的步行距离之内就有个洛伦兹公园，这位妈妈把Daniel带到日落公园不太合理，日落公园占地300英亩，有个9英亩的湖。
Homicide：杀人；凶杀
Acre：英亩

He also said that no one at the park remembered seeing Daniel with his mom, or even noticed the woman frantically searching.
他还说，公园里没有人记得见过Daniel和他的妈妈，也没看到过这个女人有疯狂搜寻过。
Frantically：疯狂地

"We started doubting if the three-year-old was ever at the park," he said. "We suspected some foul play was involved."
“我们开始怀疑这个3岁孩子是否曾去过公园，”他说， “我们怀疑这其中有谋杀行为。”
Foul play：谋杀；非法的暴力行径

At just before 5am on Monday, Daniel's body was discovered near Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
就在周一凌晨5点前，Daniel的尸体在米德湖国家休闲区附近被发现。

It appears that he was killed and dumped there up to 12 hours before his mother called to report him missing from the park.
在这位妈妈打电话报警说儿子在公园失踪之前，似乎孩子已经被杀，并在被丢在那里多达12个小时。
Dump：丢下；丢弃

Spencer also made clear there was 'nothing accidental about the death of the child.'
Spencer还明确指出，“孩子的死亡并非偶然。”
Accidental：意外的；偶然的

The mother and her 40-year-old boyfriend have now been arrested. Police will release their names later.
这位妈妈和她40岁的男友现已被捕。警方将于晚些时候公布其姓名。

Police also rescued a two-year-old child from their home that they say was another victim of child abuse.
警方还从他们的家中救出一名2岁幼童，据称这是另一名儿童虐待受害者。
Victim：受害者

The pair will be facing murder charges over the death of Daniel.
两人将面临谋杀Daniel死亡的指控。

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