Kyon Jones was a Black male infant reported missing from Washington, D.C., after he was last believed to be seen in the 1500 block of Benning Road NE on May 5, 2021. The Metropolitan Police Department said the case was reported to them two days later, on May 7, and issued public requests for help locating him; clothing details were not known at the time of the alert.
As investigators worked to confirm Kyon’s whereabouts, court filings and reporting described a deeply troubling account centered on statements attributed to his mother, LaDonia Patrice Boggs. Multiple outlets reported that Boggs told investigators the baby was unresponsive and later disposed of his body in a trash receptacle, and that Kyon’s remains had not been recovered.
Law enforcement activity in the days that followed included searches tied to garbage disposal routes; reporting described authorities conducting landfill-related searches outside the District as part of efforts to locate evidence connected to Kyon’s disappearance. Despite these efforts, public reporting at the time continued to state that Kyon had not been found.
The criminal case surrounding the adults in Kyon’s life shifted as prosecutors reviewed the evidence. News reports in May 2021 indicated that an initial murder charge decision changed, with prosecutors opting not to pursue a murder charge against Boggs in connection with the baby’s disappearance, and that other charges were pursued instead in court proceedings described by local reporting.
Later reporting added further context about the family’s circumstances after Kyon vanished. In 2022, local news reported that Boggs was found stabbed and that Kyon’s father, Carl Bernard Jones, was arrested in connection with her homicide—separate from the unresolved question of where Kyon’s remains might be.
As of the most recent public-facing materials from D.C.’s missing persons listing, Kyon Jones continued to be presented as a missing child from Washington, D.C. This case involves an especially heartbreaking absence of certainty: public reporting has repeatedly described investigators’ belief that Kyon likely died, yet the continued lack of recovered remains has left loved ones and the public without the closure that comes with answers.Last Seen: May 5, 2021
