KTRK in Houston is reporting that another person has been charged in connection with the body of the child that was recently found in a Jasper motel room.

The story says 27 year old Benjamin D. Rivera, who is the roommate of Theresa Balboa, has now been charged, in connection with the death of young Samuel Olson. The body of the 5-year-old child was found in a room at the Best Western Motel on Highway 190, where Balboa was staying on June 1st.

Rivera, is charged with Tampering/Fabricating Evidence and is currently in the Harris County Jail. Balboa also remains jailed on the same charge and her bond is set at $600,000.00.

Investigators say that Rivera helped move the child’s body in the apartment that they shared, and also went to a WalMart to purchase a plastic storage box and duct tape and then placed the body into it.

The child’s body was still in that box when he was discovered in a room at the Best Western Motel.

An autopsy revealed that Samuel Olson died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Investigators have said that Balboa was dating the child’s father when the boy went missing.

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