Police: Father Didn't Report Son's Death for Days, Kept Body in Home

A Pennsylvania man faces charges after he apparently did not report his 8-year-old son’s death for several days.

Jarrod Tutko, 38, faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child; concealing the death of a child; and abuse of a corpse, FOX 43 reports.

Tutko’s son, Jarrod Tutko Jr., 8, died in their Harrisburg home, FOX 43 said. Tutko Sr. apparently told no one that the child had died until the smell of decomposition became too strong, at which point he informed his wife of the child’s death, FOX 43 said.

It was Tutko’s wife who called police. It was unclear Sunday whether she lived in the home, whether she was the boy’s mother, and why she hadn’t known that the child had been dead for several days.

The boy’s cause of death was unknown Sunday.

Multiple other children lived in the home, FOX 43 said. They are now being cared for by Dauphin County Children and Youth Services.

Tutko was in Dauphin County Prison on Sunday, FOX 43 said.