Police: California woman put 3-year-old son’s body in freezer, killed boyfriend

Police: California woman put 3-year-old son’s body in freezer, killed boyfriend

The pair had a rocky relationship and police had been called to the woman's home numerous times to deal with domestic disputes, authorities said.

Police arrested a woman on Friday accused of shooting her boyfriend in the chest and hiding her 3-year-old son’s body in the freezer on the Barona Indian Reservation near Lakeside, a northeastern suburb of San Diego.

Elaine Rose Welch, 32, is charged with two counts of murder. The victims were Roland, her young son, and her 32-year-old boyfriend Julio Ricardo “Rick” Monggiotti, according to a U-T San Diego report.

It was Welch who called police to report her child was dead, according to the police. Barona Tribal Enforcement officer responded to an attempted suicide at her address, and they were informed the woman was holding a shotgun.

An officer arrived and talked to a man outside, and when he went back inside, they heard a gunshot. Welch came out of the house with the shotgun and then dropped the gun on a dirt road, and was then taken into custody.

Police found Monggiotti’s body inside with gunshot wounds to his chest and his wrist. Police did not find the boy at first, but later found it under some frozen food in a freezer in the garage.

Welch and Monggiotti had a difficult relationship, according to the report, and officers had visited the location several times to deal with domestic disputes.

A family member expressed shock at what happened, saying that no one knows what happened and it seemed unlikely she would shoot her son.

Welch allegedly kept a lot of guns in the home, according to a family member.

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