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The foster parents of Marcus Fiesel, a 3-year-old boy, have been charged with involuntary manslaughter, according to WKRC Local 12.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters, Sheriff Simon Leis, Jr and Clermont County Prosecutor Donald White held a news conference at 3 p.m. to announce the arrest of David and Liz Carroll, Marcus Fiesel's foster parents. They are charged with involuntary manslaughter, but more serious charges are expected.

Deters said David and Liz Carroll placed Marcus in a closet for two days, before going to a family reunion in Williamsburg, Ky. Aug. 4. When they returned, he was dead.

David Carroll is accused of burning the boy's body in Brown County.

The news conferences held by the couple were allegedly part of their cover-up.  

The Clermont County Children's Services has taken charge of the Carroll's four children.

Marcus, who was developmentally disabled, was reportedly last seen Aug. 15 in Julifs Park in Anderson Twp. before Liz Carroll, 30, told authorities she collapsed due to a medical emergency.

A near-continuous search for Marcus was called off by the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office Aug. 18 after search-and-rescue teams and thousands of volunteers could not find the boy.

In May, Butler County Children Services contracted with Lifeways for Youth, a network foster care provider, to place the child in a home in suburban Cincinnati.