Police in America arrested a cruel mum and dad after they admitted to dumping their 16-year-old son’s body after first claiming he had run away.

Sick pair Amber-Leah Valentine and Jon Imes of the city of Kingman, in Arizona State, called police on 25th February to report that their son had fled home.

Deputies were told the boy had last been seen a day earlier at around 10am.

Three days later, officers were again called when a dead body was found wrapped in a blanket behind a stone wall, according to a statement Newsflash obtained from Mohave County Sheriff’s Office.

The identity of the deceased was unknown, and police handed the body to the Mohave County Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

Then, on 2nd March, Valentine, 41, called the Sheriff’s Office and reported that she had just freed her 14-year-old daughter.

The girl was allegedly being held captive by Valentine’s roommates, 34-year-old Richard Pounds and Shioban Gujda, 39.

Deputies arrived and transported Valentine and the girl to a nearby hospital for treatment.

It was then that Valentine told the officers that she and her husband, 41, had discarded their son’s body in the spot where they had found the dead male.

She reportedly confessed that the teenager was already been dead when they falsely reported him as a runaway.

Investigators then questioned Imes, who also admitted to disposing of his son’s body and lying to police.

Detectives also spoke to the teenage girl, who claimed she was shot in the eye by Pounds.

Mohave County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement: “The female juvenile indicated that she had been shot in the eye with a BB gun by Richard Pounds and provided additional accounts of abuse in the home.

“Arizona Department of Child Safety was contacted, and the juvenile is currently receiving medical treatment at an undisclosed location.”

She reportedly informed police of several instances of child abuse at the home.

Both Valentine and Imes were taken into custody at Mohave County Adult Detention Facility for felony abandonment and concealment of a dead body.

Police searched the home with a warrant and took Pounds and Gujda for questioning.

Pounds was arrested and booked for felony child abuse and aggravated assault, while Gujda was released pending further investigation.

Officials are expecting additional charges as the investigation continues.

The autopsy report detailing the 16-year-old’s cause of death is pending.