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		</div><h6 id="ext-gen94"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Man in Virgina Beach who says his three-year-old son died in a clothes dryer, is arrested for attacking the child&#8217;s mother outside the funeral home</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The toddler&#8217;s mom Amanda Ray claims her ex Chet Lloyd lying about the circumstances of their youngest child&#8217;s death</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Lloyd, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with domestic assault and drug possession after police found a gram of cocaine on him<br />
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<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Brantley had been living with his dad after the couple split in 2017</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He allegedly found his toddler unresponsive inside a clothes dryer machine after his birthday on August 7</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Ray says she doesn&#8217;t believe her ex&#8217;s version of events, saying &#8216;nothing is adding up&#8217;</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>A funeral was held for Brantley on Saturday, which Chet Lloyd did not attend</strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>An investigation into Brantley&#8217;s death is ongoin</strong></span></strong><span style="color: #000000;">g</span></h6>
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Chet Lloyd, 34, was arrested Wednesday and charged with domestic assault and drug possession, and later released on bond. Lloyd allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend Amanda Ray, the mother of his son Brantley Lloyd last week outside a funeral home where they were making arrangements for the child.<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">The father of a three-year-old boy who was found dead in a clothes dryer has been arrested for assaulting the child&#8217;s mother.<br />
Virginia man Chet Lloyd, 34, was arrested on Wednesday after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend Amanda Ray, who is the boy&#8217;s mother, and broke her cellphone.<br />
He reportedly attacked her last week outside a funeral home where the two were making arrangements for their son Brantley Lloyd who was found dead in the clothes dryer on August 7.<br />
He was charged with domestic assault of a family member, damaging the victim&#8217;s cellphone, as well as drug possession as he was found with one gram of cocaine. He was later released on bond.<br />
Ray confirmed to AP that Lloyd assaulted her outside the funeral home.<br />
A funeral for three-year-old Brantley was held on Saturday which Lloyd did not attend, according to <a class="class" href="https://pilotonline.com/news/local/crime/article_d36ef7f2-a6f6-11e8-9337-93ca1e495b29.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">The Virginia Pilot</a>.<br />
Chet Lloyd told investigators he found three-year-old Brantley&#8217;s body in a clothes dryer on Aug. 7.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298434" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Brantley-Lloyd-1.jpg" alt="Brantley Lloyd 1" width="695" height="672" />Lloyd claims he found three-year-old Brantley dead in the clothes dryer machine of his home in Virginia Beach on August 7</strong></h6>
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<div>The dad told local media that he awoke at his townhouse that day to find his son, Brantley Lloyd, in the dryer. He said the boy must have climbed out of his crib. Lloyd said Brantley was in a bad mood and throwing tantrums the day before, which was the boy&#8217;s birthday. The father said he slept late the next day and didn&#8217;t go to work because he had been up all night with his son.<br />
The local medical examiner&#8217;s office, said that agency&#8217;s own investigation into the cause and manner of the child&#8217;s death is continuing. Among the discrepancies the account of events, Lloyd told police that he found his son, Brantley Lloyd, unresponsive and sweaty in the clothes dryer on Aug. 7 around 5 pm, but detectives believe Brantley died between 5:30 a.m. and 4:55 p.m.</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298435" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Chet-Lloyd-and-Amanda-Ray-1.jpg" alt="Chet Lloyd and Amanda Ray 1" width="688" height="667" />Brantley had been living with his father (center) since the break-up with mom, Amanda Ray [right], in 2017</strong></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-298437" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Amanda-Ray-and-Brantley-Lloyd-1.jpg" alt="Amanda Ray and Brantley Lloyd 1" width="699" height="598" /><strong>Brantley&#8217;s mother Amanda Ray (pictured left with her son) didn&#8217;t live at the home with Lloyd and reveals she doesn&#8217;t believe her ex&#8217;s claims saying: &#8216;Nothing is adding up&#8217;</strong></h6>
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<div>The investigation into Brantley&#8217;s death continues after his father claims the child must have climbed out of his crib and entered the machine.<br />
The day before was the child&#8217;s birthday and the father said Brantley was in a bad mood, throwing tantrums.<br />
Lloyd said he slept late the following day and didn&#8217;t go to work after staying up all night with his son, who was throwing up. When he woke up he found the child unresponsive.<br />
Lloyd said he had been doing laundry the day beforehand and that the little boy must have climbed inside the dryer.<br />
&#8216;He was unresponsive and covered in sweat and extremely hot,&#8217; Lloyd told The Virginia Pilot. &#8216;I don&#8217;t know if he panicked and couldn&#8217;t get out. He had asthma.&#8217;</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-298439" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Amanda-Ray-and-Brantley-Lloyd-2.jpg" alt="Amanda Ray and Brantley Lloyd 2" width="727" height="455" /><strong>Amanda Ray seen [L-R], with her youngest child Brantley, said she does not understand how he died and is demanding answers</strong></h6>
<div> The child&#8217;s mother Amanda Ray who once shared the home with Chet Lloyd, doesn&#8217;t live at the home and says that her ex&#8217;s explanation make little sense.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">&#8216;Nothing is adding up,&#8217; she said to <a class="class" href="https://abc7chicago.com/nothing-is-adding-up-mom-speaks-out-after-boy-3-found-dead-in-dryer/4040804/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">ABC</a>. &#8216;I don&#8217;t understand how my baby was in a dryer. I don&#8217;t understand how he died.&#8217;<br />
Ray said she lived with Lloyd, Brantley and her two other children in his home before the relationship ended in early 2017.<br />
Kathy Ray, Brantley’s grandmother, said Lloyd did not show up to his son’s funeral on Saturday, his phone disconnected.</p>
<h6 class="mol-para-with-font"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-298438" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Chet-Lloyd-and-his-kids.jpg" alt="Chet Lloyd and his kids" width="665" height="665" />Chet Lloyd with his three children. He claimed Brantley [seen in his dad&#8217;s arms] had been up all night having tantrums and throwing up before he was found unresponsive in the clothes dryer Aug 7<br />
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">An autopsy has been completed but the cause and manner of death are yet to be determined, according to Donna Price, regional administrator for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Norfolk.<br />
Officers of the Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office booked Lloyd on Wednesday and released on bond two hours later. He is scheduled to appear in court on September 4.<br />
Lloyd reportedly, was evicted from his townhouse a week after the boy&#8217;s death.</p>
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Virginia dad, Chet Lloyd, who claims his three-year-old son died in a clothes dryer, is arrested for attacking the child’s mother outside the funeral home – Amanda Ray claims ex is LYING about their son’s death
