Mum hide dead baby's body in a shed for 11 years

Victoria Gayle hid her baby boy's body in a garden shed for 11 years



A mum covered up the death of herbaby boy for 11 years until his little skeleton was found in a garden shed.

Victoria Gayle, 32, showed no trace of emotion as she was jailed for 21 months today, after officers found the decomposing body of Kyzer stuffed inside a laundry bag last year.

A court heard how the mother had also researched 'sulphuric acid' on the internet in the weeks leading up to his discovery.

Police found the body fully clothed, in corduroy trousers and a jumper, with one leg bandaged up, which Gayle failed to explain.

Officers were searching the home of Gayle's mother and step-father in north London as part of an investigation into the death of Gayle's two-year-old daughter Ava last year.

Gayle, of no fixed address, had previously pleaded guilty to preventing a lawful burial, but pleaded not guilty to perjury and perverting the course of justice.

The allegations will lie on file.



The shed where Kyzer was found

Mr Emlyn Jones, prosecuting, told Kingston Crown Court today: “In the garden shed, officers found a cardboard box wrapped in a black bin liner.

“Inside the box was a laundry bag containing an object wrapped entirely in grey adhesive tape.

“The tape was cut. Inside was the decomposed remains of a human child.



“That baby had been fully dressed in corduroy trousers and a jumper. It also had one leg entirely bandaged from foot to hip.”

Despite two post mortems and the long-term deterioration of her son Kyzer's remains, the cause of his death has been given as "unascertained".

Gayle was sentenced to 21 months and will remain on licence for 12 months on release, reports the Daily Record .



The cardboard box where little Kyzer was found

The remains of Kyzer were only discovered in an investigation into the death of Gayle's two-year-old daughter Ava last year.

Gayle initially kept the dead baby in a bedroom full of junk before moving him to her mother's shed in West Hendon, north London after she was evicted.

She at first told police she had not seen Kyzer for a decade, claiming that he was living with his father, but later changed her account, and said she found him dead in his cot one morning.

The mother had also researched 'sulphuric acid' on the internet in the weeks leading up to his discovery – but she insisted she was curious after developing a rash from bleach.



Estimates suggest that Kyzer may have been around 13 or 14 months old when he died, and little is known about him since he was last seen in 2004.

His remains, showing he was malnourished, were found in a garden shed on May 31 2016.

This was at the home in west Hendon, north London, of Gayle's mother and step-father, but they knew nothing about the death.

Judge Susan Tapping told Gayle: "Your little boy was denied a decent burial.

"A web of lies began in 2014 and went on to every authority that tried to find out what had happened to him.

"The full truth of his sad and short life will never be known."