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FILE - This booking photo provided by Clark County Detention Center shows Brandon Lee Toseland, of Las Vegas, following his arrest on murder and kidnapping charges, Feb. 22, 2022. A prosecutor said Friday, April 8, 2022, the death penalty will be considered in the case of Toseland, who is accused of kidnapping and killing a 4-year-old boy and hiding the body in a freezer while keeping the boy's mother captive. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

The death penalty will be considered in the case of a Las Vegas man accused of kidnapping and killing a 4-year-old boy and hiding the body in a freezer while keeping the boy's mother captive, a prosecutor told a judge.

Brandon Lee Toseland was scheduled to be in Clark County District Court on April 15 to face charges of murder, kidnapping and child abuse in the death of the boy.

Toseland was in the Clark County Detention Center, where he has been held without bail since his arrest. Augustus Claus said that Toseland will plead not guilty to all charges.

Police said they found Toseland in a vehicle with the boy's mother after the boy's sister gave her a bunch of sticky notes that said she was being held captive. The woman in the car had handcuffs on her.

The boy's frozen body was found in the garage, wrapped in plastic and bearing signs of physical abuse.

The case was moved from local to state court after an indictment was added against Toseland.

Claus said Friday that he had not received a medical examiner's report and autopsy on the child who died of internal injuries.

Outside the court, prosecutors didn't comment.

The cause and manner of the child's death were pending.

Claus said in a brief interview that they plan on defending the case vigorously. We are going to be that voice.

The mother's lawyer claims that she was physically, sexually and emotionally abused by Toseland and that her children were physically and emotionally abused and kept apart from her most of the time.

The mother or children will not be named to avoid identifying a victim of sexual abuse. The mother does not want her name made public.

The boy's father died of a respiratory illness. The mother and her two children moved into Toseland's home last March.

Marylee Ruiz, who said she had two children with Toseland before ending her relationship with him about five years ago, was in court on Friday. She was worried about what her children would experience while living in the house.

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