Body found in Florida believed to be that of missing nine-week-old boy as his parents await extradition on child neglect charges

• Florida authorities believe they have found nine-week-old Chance Walsh's body buried in North Port
• Sarasota Sheriff Tom Knight said they received a tip to a location
• Infant has been missing since September 9 after his grandmother called them concerned about his well-being
• His parents, Joseph Walsh, 36, and Kristen Bury, 32, were arrested for child neglect last week in South Carolina and await extradition to Florida
• Police search at their house found evidence of blood and human remains

By Regina F. Graham and Chris Pleasance For Dailymail.com

Published: 16:10 EST, 15 October 2015 | Updated: 07:14 EST, 16 October 2015

Florida authorities believe they have found the body of a missing nine-week-old boy whose drug-addict parents are already in jail on child abuse charges.

Sarasota Sheriff Tom Knight said Thursday afternoon that investigators found the body that is believed to be nine-week-old Chance Walsh buried in a wooded are in North Port, Florida after receiving a tip.

Authorities searched an area near Wylam Drive and English Circle for the baby's remains.  

The infant has been missing since September 9 after authorities say they became involved when Chance's grandmother called them October 4, concerned about the baby's well-being.

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Tragic: Florida authorities believe they have found the body of nine-week-old Chance Walsh (above) on Thursday afternoon after they received a tip to a location. He's been missing since September 9

Joseph Walsh, 36, and Kristen Bury, 32, from North Point, Florida, have been arrested after their nine-week-old baby Chance was reported missing by Bury's stepmother

Authorities searched an area near Wylam Drive and English Circle (above) for the baby's remains on Thursday

Bury's mother told officers she had tried and failed to locate the baby and that his parents told relatives contradicting stories that the boy was dead, and that they had given him away. 

His parents, Kristen Bury ,32, and Joseph Walsh, 36, were arrested on Florida child abuse charges in South Carolina and are awaiting extradition, according to WPEC.

Police from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office appealed for help in finding the boy, though a later search of the couple's home revealed blood spatter and evidence of a body.

According to an arrest report, seen by Fox 13, police found 'droplets of blood and evidence of blood spatter on the walls and ceiling and cadaver dogs indicated the presence of human remains'.

A probable cause affidavit, obtained by People, shows the couple had another son, Duane, who died a year ago.

The document says Bury had spoken to her stepmother about how she 'despised' Chance because he wasn't Duane, and admitted to having thoughts about hurting him.

Sarasota Sheriff Tom Knight (above) made the heartbreaking announcement of the discovery of a nine-week-old's remains on Thursday during a press conference

Police from the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office appealed for help in finding the couple's infant 

That stepmother told police she had last seen baby Chance on September 9, almost a month after he was born.

She said she became concerned for the boy's welfare after such a long absence, and decided to try and locate him after hearing that Walsh and Bury had been in a car accident in South Carolina.

According to police, the couple, who are described as 'longtime drug users', fed various stories to relatives after the crash, including that Chance 'was unharmed, that he died in the crash and that they gave him to a woman at a hotel in Georgia.'

Police said she and the baby's other grandmother, from the paternal side, had gone to the couple's house to try and find the boy, and when nobody was there they decided to call police. 

Investigators following up the couple's stories confirmed that there was no baby with them when they crashed their car, and also no sign of Chance at the hotel where they stayed.

However, police say they did speak to another guest of the hotel, a woman, who said Bury tried to sell her baby clothes, saying her child 'had died three weeks earlier'.

Jasper County, South Carolina, Jail Director Arthur S. Benjamin said he doesn't know if the parents have an attorney. 

They are each being held in South Carolina on $150,000 bond. 

A memorial with photos, balloons and stuffed animals at the couple's home in Florida is pictured above on Thursday evening

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