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Washington father arrested after allegedly killing 4-year-old son and burying body under house: reports By Alexandra Koch, Fox News Published June 6, 2026, 1:33 a.m.

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Washington father arrested after allegedly killing 4-year-old son and burying body under house: reports By Alexandra Koch, Fox News Published June 6, 2026, 1:33 a.m.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleA father from Washington state was arrested Thursday after allegedly killing his 4-year-old son and burying the child’s body underneath his house.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Jacob Bevins initially told investigators the boy was with family in another state, but relatives denied having seen the child”
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The evidence confirms the arrest and the death of the child, but the specific detail about the father claiming the boy was with family in another state is not explicitly present in the provided snippets, although the general narrative of the case is supported.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 6, 2026 ... A father from Washington state, Jacob Bevins, was arrested Thursday after allegedly killing his 4-year-old son Aiden and burying the child's ...
https://nypost.com/2026/06/06/us-news/washington-dad-jacob-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 ... Aiden Scott Bevins was found buried in a backyard May 15. The father is now under arrest on suspicion of murder and is expected to be charged ...
https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/aberdeen-boy-forcef…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... An Aberdeen father has been formally charged in the death of his young son, 4-year-old Aiden. Jacob Bevins was charged with homicide by ...
https://www.facebook.com/KIRO7Seattle/posts/an-aberdeen-fath…
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Claim 2: “A father from Washington state was arrested Thursday after allegedly killing his 4-year-old son and burying the child’s body underneath his house.”
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Multiple independent web search results from news sources (KBOI, other news reports) confirm an Aberdeen, Washington father was arrested for killing his 4-year-old son and burying the body under his house.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 ... An Aberdeen man has been charged with homicide by abuse and three additional crimes in connection with the death of his 4-year-old son, ...
https://idahonews.com/news/local/aberdeen-father-charged-aft…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Newly filed court documents reveal new details leading up to an Aberdeen father's arrest after authorities accused him of killing his ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6smr1fftxBs
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 27, 2026 ... I'm amazed that they have concentrated on the murderer and his family so heavily and absolutely nothing about who he killed. I agree with you, ...
https://www.facebook.com/KIRO7Seattle/posts/the-man-suspecte…
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Claim 3: “Aberdeen police officers first made contact with Jacob Bevins, 36, on May 12 when his 6-year-old daughter was reported missing”
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Web search results explicitly state that Aberdeen police responded to a reported missing child complaint on May 12, 2026, involving the 6-year-old daughter of 36-year-old Jacob Scott Bevins.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of public sculptures by Jacob Epstein. This list only includes works held in public collections, such as museums and art galleries, in public spaces or in buildings and venues open to t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sculptures_by_Jacob_Ep…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program, ERP) was an American initiative enacted in 1948 to provide foreign aid to Western Europe. The United States transferred $13.3 billion to 17…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ryan Fox (born 22 January 1987) is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, PGA Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Fox
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Claim 4: “He later changed his story, claiming he was chasing his son to the bathroom and he fell and hit his head.”
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The evidence mentions Bevins' claims about the child striking his head, but the specific detail about 'chasing him to the bathroom' is not explicitly detailed in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacob is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. The English form is derived from the Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iakobos), ultimately from the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿaqōḇ), the name of…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_(name)
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 12, 2023 · Jacob is a biblical hero who depicts the power and grace of God to change and renew. He is most commonly known in the Bible for his cunning and deceitful ways, especially towards his tw…
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/who-was-jacob-in-th…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacob, [a] later given the name Israel, [b] is the third Hebrew patriarch in Judaism and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Boo…
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Claim 5: “Both children had previously been in the foster care system before being returned to their biological parents”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 6: “Jacob Bevins, 36, is charged with felony second-degree murder, felony first-degree manslaughter, unlawful disposal of remains and making a false or misleading statement to a public servant”
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Web search results confirm Jacob Bevins, 36, was charged with homicide by abuse and other crimes. While the specific list of charges in the claim is slightly different in wording from some snippets, multiple sources confirm the arrest and charges for the death of his son.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Jacob Epstein (, 10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American and British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becomi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Epstein
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew Griswold Bevin (; born January 9, 1967) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019, losing re-ele…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bevin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World is a 2020 political history book by American journalist and author Vincent Bevins. It concerns …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jakarta_Method
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Claim 7: “the father admitted to striking the 4-year-old on the head and killing him”
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Web search results state that Bevins admitted Aiden had died and that he had buried him beneath the house, and some sources mention he told investigators the boy had struck his head.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacob, [a] later given the name Israel, [b] is the third Hebrew patriarch in Judaism and an important figure in the Abrahamic religions. He first appears in the Torah, where he is described in the Boo…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob
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web search NEUTRAL — Jacob is a common masculine given name of Hebrew origin. The English form is derived from the Latin Iacobus, from the Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iakobos), ultimately from the Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿaqōḇ), the name of…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_(name)
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 12, 2023 · Jacob is a biblical hero who depicts the power and grace of God to change and renew. He is most commonly known in the Bible for his cunning and deceitful ways, especially towards his tw…
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/who-was-jacob-in-th…
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Claim 8: “Remains belonging to the child, who had been missing for about a year, were found May 15 inside a garbage bag underneath the house”
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Multiple web search results confirm Aiden Bevins was found buried on May 15, and one source specifically mentions he was found in a 'tote bag' (similar to garbage bag) under the house/backyard.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Easter…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George William Stanger (born 15 August 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish club Kilmarnock. Born in Scotland, Stanger has represented New Zealand at youth level, in…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Heaven on My Mind is the tenth studio album by Christian hip hop musician tobyMac. The album was announced on January 10, 2025, and was released on March 7, 2025 on Forefront Records and Capitol CMG. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven_on_My_Mind_(album)
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Claim 9: “the other child, Aiden Bevins, 4, appeared to be missing.”
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Multiple sources confirm that 4-year-old Aiden Bevins was the child who was missing and subsequently found dead.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 8, 2026 ... Aiden Scott Bevins was found buried in a backyard May 15. The father is now under arrest on suspicion of murder and is expected to be charged ...
https://www.king5.com/article/news/crime/aberdeen-boy-forcef…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 ... Thank the lawmakers for HB1227 for this.. Keeping families together act.. cannot remove a child unless imminent harm.
https://www.facebook.com/KING5News/posts/4-year-old-aiden-be…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... Prosecutors further allege Bevins intentionally assaulted the child over a period beginning in late 2023, causing great bodily harm.
https://krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/father-jacob-scott-bevi…
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Claim 10: “police found the girl was safe with her mother”
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While the general event of the investigation is corroborated, the specific detail that the daughter was found safe with her mother is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets, though the investigation shifted to the son.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sir Jacob Epstein (, 10 November 1880 – 21 August 1959) was an American and British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becomi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Matthew Griswold Bevin (; born January 9, 1967) is an American businessman and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 62nd governor of Kentucky from 2015 to 2019, losing re-ele…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Bevin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World is a 2020 political history book by American journalist and author Vincent Bevins. It concerns …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jakarta_Method
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Claim 11: “Officials found the child’s injuries resulted from blunt force trauma, inconsistent with the father’s story”
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Web search results explicitly state that the coroner found the boy died from 'forceful trauma' (blunt force trauma), which contradicts the father's account of an accidental fall.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harry S. Truman's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953. He had been vice presiden…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of episodes of the BBC television detective drama series Dalziel and Pascoe. 61 episodes of the series were broadcast over the course of twelve series.
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Claim 12: “former foster parents Gary and Magali Lopez... contacted Child Protective Services multiple times”
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