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A HORRIFYING video shows the moment a toddler’s body is tragically found in a dumpster after he was falsely reported missing by his alleged killer mom. 

The bodycam footage from a Las Vegas police officer captured a cop’s reaction after finding the body of missing 2-year-old Jacoby Robinson Jr.

Inside the dumpster was the body of missing two-year-old Jacoby Robinson Jr.
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Inside the dumpster was the body of missing two-year-old Jacoby Robinson Jr.Credit: KLAS
Disturbing bodycam footage shows police officers discovering the body of a two-year-old boy
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Disturbing bodycam footage shows police officers discovering the body of a two-year-old boyCredit: KLAS
Smith is seen with three of her children by the Dumpster
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Smith is seen with three of her children by the DumpsterCredit: KTNV

At the beginning of the nighttime clip, an officer mutters to his partner, “F**k, f**k, f**k, f**k, f**’k, f**k - just look in there.”

The cop pointed in shock to a blue dumpster as he continued cursing.

After taking in the shocking scene, he told his partner to “Call metro.”

Little Jacoby had been reported missing by his mom Diaja Smith, 23, who called 911 claiming that her little boy was abducted from a park.

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“I can't think right now. I just don't understand. I don't understand what happened,” Smith said on the call.

However, the security footage from earlier that day tells a different story. 

Surveillance from the dumpster where Jacoby’s body was found shows his mother with three of her children before she called the police.

Smith pushed two children in a stroller and carried one on her chest in a carrier as she walked with them in a parking lot. 

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Before crossing the street, the young mother is caught on camera walking toward the dumpster, which is not pictured in the video.

A loud bang is heard as Smith walks back into the camera’s frame with just two children.

Police believe Jacoby was already dead by the time Smith threw his body in the dumpster, The Daily Mail reported.

Both Diaja Smith and Jacoby’s father, Jacoby Robinson Sr., 24, were arrested and indicted on murder and child abuse charges. 

Court documents show that the parents allegedly beat their late son and his younger brother with power cords and belts.

The same day Jacoby Jr.’s body was thrown in the dumpster, a Google search on his father’s phone showed “how to perform CPR,” with a later call for bus tickets from Las Vegas to Los Angeles. 

Smith confessed that her son was dead in the stroller, alleging that he had a seizure earlier that day, but she denied the charges of child abuse.

Jacoby Sr. also denied killing and beating his children, claiming that it was Smith who killed their son.

“I don't even whoop my children and I did not kill my son,” he said.   

“Allegedly, my girlfriend did.”

The pair share five children together, two of which are no longer in either parent’s custody.

Letters between the couple give some troubling insight into their conversations about the two-year-old’s death.

“Why didn’t I listen when I said no more whoopings when you told me to stop whooping the kids,” Smith said to Jacoby Sr.

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“I really hope you can forgive me. Love deep down I really do. I cherished every moment with you. I wish I cooked us one last meal. I’m sorry I wasn’t thinking right.”

Both Smith and Jacoby Sr. are in jail without bail, they are expected to appear in court on August 8.

Smith with her three kids before calling 911
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Smith with her three kids before calling 911Credit: KTNV
Dad Jacoby Robinson Sr has been arrested
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Dad Jacoby Robinson Sr has been arrestedCredit: KLAS
Diaja Smith has also been charged with murder
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Diaja Smith has also been charged with murderCredit: KLAS
In the video, an officer can be heard swearing as he instructed his partner to look in the dumpster
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In the video, an officer can be heard swearing as he instructed his partner to look in the dumpsterCredit: KLAS
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