Dad Booked for Murder - Son, 11, Says He Helped Dump Body

(Orlando, Florida) Authorities were tipped to a school rumor about a murder in which a fifth-grade boy helped his dad dump the body of a prostitute.

Consequently, 40-year-old Alan John Jett was arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of Lashanda Rae Brand. Jett was booked into custody at the Orange County Jail without bail.

Brand's body was found near Eatonville and later identified with help from the public.

According to the affidavit filed in Orange County court, the boy said he was with his father when Jett picked up a prostitute from the Parramore area. The trio went back to Jett's apartment in the 7100 block of Forest City Road, and the adults went into Jett's bedroom.

Awhile later, the boy heard his father and Brand argue about money. Then he heard silence, according to the affidavit.

Jett left his bedroom and took his son to dinner. As they left, the boy asked Jett about Brand and was told she was sleeping. The boy told investigators he saw her on the bed but thought then that she was dead.

The next morning, Jett told his son the woman had left. Later, however, the boy went into his father's room, opened the closet and saw Brand's body wrapped in a blanket and tape, according to the affidavit.

He didn't say anything to his father and went to his summer-school classes. After school, the boy told Jett he knew the woman was dead because he saw her body in the closet.

A day later, Jett told his son they needed "to get rid of the body" because it was starting to stink, the affidavit said.

Jett then wrapped the body in more bedding and asked his son to help him load it into the back of his Chevrolet Tahoe, the boy told investigators. They both got in the vehicle and dumped the body in a field.

The boy took investigators to the same field where Brand's body was found.

Tip: slwlion