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    Las Vegas Man Charged with Murder of 4-Year-Old Boy Found Dead in a Freezer Now Faces Additional Child Abuse Charges


    By Colin Kalmbacher
    Law & Crime

    A Las Vegan man already behind bars for allegedly murdering his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and then storing the boy’s body in a freezer is now facing additional child abuse charges.

    Brandon Toseland, 36, was arrested in February of this year after his girlfriend’s young daughter delivered a note to her elementary school teacher saying that she was being “held against her will.” Those notes were hidden in the 7-year-old girl’s shoe by her mother.

    The defendant was initially charged with two counts of kidnapping in the first degree. Toseland was later assessed a charge of open murder, after the body of Mason Dominguez was allegedly discovered in a trash bag in a freezer in his garage.

    In April, Toseland was indicted on 10 separate charges including murder, child abuse, kidnapping, and domestic violence.

    Chief Deputy District Attorney Michelle Fleck said the victim died after a “constellation of internal injuries” to his small intestine caused by blunt force trauma to his abdomen.

    Additionally, the prosecutor said the boy suffered a cut to one eye, a bite mark on one arm, abrasions, “throughout his head,” as well as bruising on his torso, abdomen, and extremities.

    In those initial charges, the defendant reportedly stands accused of “striking and/or kicking” the boy, or causing the boy to hit an “unknown object,” or of “shaking and/or squeezing” him.

    On Friday, the grand jury added two additional charges related to the girl, according to court records obtained by Las Vegas, Nevada-based CBS affiliate KLAS. Those additional charges alleged that Toseland choked the girl with his arm and, in a separate incident last year, choked her with a vacuum cord – before her brother was killed.

    The defendant has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors are reportedly considering the death penalty if Toseland is convicted.

    Jerry Lambe contributed to this report

    https://lawandcrime.com/crime/las-ve...abuse-charges/
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    Trial postponed for man accused of killing 4-year-old boy

    By Katelyn Newberg
    Las Vegas Review-Journal

    The murder trial of Brandon Toseland, a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son, has been postponed for nearly a year.

    During a court hearing Tuesday, District Judge Carli Kierny set a trial date for Oct. 16. Prosecutors and Toseland’s defense attorney, Craig Mueller, said they believe the trial will last multiple weeks.

    Toseland, 36, is facing the death penalty in the killing of Mason Dominguez, whose body was found in a freezer at Toseland’s northeast Las Vegas home in February.

    Before the hearing began Tuesday, Toseland held up his left hand, where “Psalm 3:1-8” was written in black ink. The Bible verses read, in part, “Lord, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!”

    Toseland told the judge that he had not spoken to his attorney since April.

    "I would request that the court at least have Mr. Mueller come talk to me in person so I can go over different circumstances that happened during this alleged accusations as well as things going on after my arrest,” Toseland said before his attorney advised him not to talk about the facts of the case.

    Kierny told Toseland that he could fire Mueller if he wished, but she could not dictate how his lawyer interacts with him. Mueller declined to comment on Toseland’s remarks following the hearing.

    Toseland was indicted in April on charges of murder; child abuse, neglect or endangerment; and kidnapping a minor resulting in substantial bodily harm. He also was indicted on three counts of child abuse, neglect or endangerment resulting in substantial bodily harm; two counts of kidnapping; and two counts of battery constituting domestic violence by strangulation.

    https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/...d-boy-2684554/
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    Trial set for Las Vegas man accused of putting girlfriend’s 4-year-old son in freezer

    By Michelle Bell
    FOX5 News

    LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The trial for a man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and putting the young boy’s body in a freezer has been rescheduled for October.

    Brandon Toseland, who is accused of killing Mason Dominguez in February 2022, will have his jury trial on Oct. 16, according to court records.

    Toseland faces charges including murder, six counts of child abuse, three counts of kidnapping and two counts of battery-strangulation.

    Toesland has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege Toseland abused the child’s mother, including handcuffing her in a car.

    Authorities said police were alerted to the abuse after his girlfriend’s daughter gave notes to her teacher.

    Mason’s frozen body bore visible injuries of physical abuse, police said. The indictment attributed his death to internal injuries.

    https://www.fox5vegas.com/2023/02/28...d-son-freezer/
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    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
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    Las Vegas murder case involving boy found in freezer focuses on home videos

    Brandon Toseland, 37, accused of killing Mason Dominguez, 4

    By David Charns

    KLAS News

    LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A surveillance system inside a home where a man is accused of killing a 4-year-old and storing his body in a freezer did not record any video, according to prosecutors, but the defense argues video may exist and could help them.

    Brandon Toseland, 37, faces a murder charge in the death of Mason Dominguez. Police arrested Toseland on Feb. 22, 2022, after Mason’s mother was able to sneak messages into her 7-year-old daughter’s shoe. Toseland is charged with 12 felonies, including murder, child abuse, kidnapping, and battery domestic violence.

    In court last year, Toseland’s attorneys said the home had five security cameras, which recorded to a server. They asked Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny to force prosecutors to hand over all video surveillance in their client’s case, but prosecutors said Cox Communications, which administered the system, said there was no footage.

    In their motion to dismiss, Toseland’s attorney argues the video footage, if it exists, could help in the defense of their client, specifically regarding the kidnapping charge.

    Metro police made two attempts at recovering video from the server, prosecutors wrote in court documents. During the first attempt, the device displayed the message: “Camera connection failed.”

    Prosecutors said investigators later determined the device itself did not store any video but was relayed to a Cox server, documents said. Cox responded to a search warrant for video from December 2021 to the day after Toseland’s arrest, saying there was no video footage available.

    “To suggest that detectives failed to collect evidence, knowing full well that the device was collected and that multiple attempts were made to find potentially relevant evidence, is misleading at best,” Chief Deputy District Attorney Michelle Fleck wrote in court documents Wednesday.

    Toseland’s attorneys said they have “compelling evidence that the entire Cox system was funded and operational at the time of the defendant’s arrest in February 2022,” documents said. They added a panel on the server was removed, allegedly damaging it.

    Mason’s mother said she and her two children moved into Toseland’s home in March 2021. The home is located on Saddle Brook Park Drive, near the intersection of Carey Avenue and Lamb Boulevard in the northeast valley. Toseland’s two children from a previous relationship also lived in the home, but were not there all the time due to their mother having shared custody, documents said.

    Mason’s mother told police and a grand jury that she was frequently handcuffed or locked in a room after learning her son was deceased. Toseland never revealed to Mason’s mother that the boy’s body was in a freezer in the garage, she said.

    Dominguez’s body was discovered inside Toseland’s northeast valley garage concealed in a trash bag in the freezer. Detectives believe Mason had been there for at least 10 weeks and that a large hole in the backyard may be a potential grave, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported.

    Prosecutors said they are considering the death penalty should Toseland be convicted. Toseland has pleaded not guilty to all charges.

    Kierny was scheduled to hear arguments about the home security system and any other video on Feb. 13.

    https://www.8newsnow.com/investigato...n-home-videos/
    "I realize this may sound harsh, but as a father and former lawman, I really don't care if it's by lethal injection, by the electric chair, firing squad, hanging, the guillotine or being fed to the lions."
    - Oklahoma Rep. Mike Christian

    "There are some people who just do not deserve to live,"
    - Rev. Richard Hawke

    “There are lots of extremely smug and self-satisfied people in what would be deemed lower down in society, who also deserve to be pulled up. In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
    - Rowan Atkinson

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