Body of boy, 4 found in dryer

THE body of a missing four-year-old boy was found in the clothes dryer of a neighbour’s home, police have said.

A 14-year-old boy from the house in Mendota, California, has been arrested on suspicion of killing the child.

Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims told The Fresno Bee that Alex Mercado’s body was found over the weekend. Sheriff Mims said the boy had been put in the dryer after he was killed.