Police records show the parents of a 6-year-old boy in Flagstaff facing murder and other charges in his death initially attributed his malnourished state to a medical condition, and to ingesting diet or caffeine pills.
That's before they allegedly told police they kept the boy and his brother in a closet and gave them little to eat.
The parents and the child's grandmother remain jailed on a $3 million bond.
A complaint filed this week accuses them of murder, kidnapping and physically abusing the boy and his older brother.
