DETROIT (FOX 2) - The 3-year-old boy who was found dead in a freezer in Detroit early Friday morning was blind, neighbors say, and the boy's family said Child Protective Services had been called 13 times this year.The young boy, who police have not identified but neighbors and family members confirm to FOX 2 is named Chase, was found dead in a freezer inside the family's home.Detroit Police Chief James White said the young boy had been decomposing when he was found and credited the first officers to respond for following their instinct.According to neighbors, Chase was blind and had some other disabilities, but those were not listed.Chase, 3, has been identified by family members and neighbors as the little boy found dead and decomposing inside of a family's freezer on Friday. "She (the mother) couldn't deal with it, and we all said give him to us if you can't deal with it," a relative said.Family members also told FOX 2's Jessica Dupnack that CPS had been called at least 13 times this year but each time, they were unable to make headway and were not allowed inside the home."He was the sweetest one.
He was so sweet," the relative said. White held a press conference Friday afternoon and credited the first two officers to arrive at the home for following their instinct. "The discovery would not be possible without the officers' intuition.
They recognized there was something not right in the way the occupant was communicating with them," White said.After talking with people at the home, White said they tried to turn the officers away.