Noah Tomlin was last seen around 1 a.m. Monday, in bed in his mobile home in the Buckroe Beach area of Hampton, Virginia, Hampton Police Chief Terry Sult said. HAMPTON, Va. - Hampton police say the remains found a week ago at the Hampton NASA steam plant belong to 2-year-old Noah Tomlin. The Virginia Department of Forensic Science and the medical examiner's office confirmed with DNA analysis the remains are those of missing Noah Tomlin. After 10,000 hours of searching the citys landfill and the steam plant, police announced July 3 they found Tomlins remains. Hampton police will continue to collaborate with the Commonwealth Attorneys Office to ensure this case transitions to the prosecution phase successfully.

HAMPTON, Va. - Hampton Police announced that investigators believe they found the body of 2-year-old Noah Tomlin Wednesday morning. During a Wednesday afternoon news conference, Hampton police chief Terry Sult announced that the body was found at a steam plant, according to WAVY. The search, which logged more than 10,000 man hours, required digging through more than 2 million pounds of trash before the body was found around 8:50 a.m. This comes after the toddler's mother, Julia Tomlin, was arrested and charged with three counts of felony child neglect. The child was reported missing to police more than 10 hours after his mother had last seen him at their home on Monday, June 24.

Noah Tomlin was last seen around 1 a.m. Monday, in bed in his mobile home in the Buckroe Beach area of Hampton, Virginia, Hampton Police Chief Terry Sult said. (CNN) - Remains believed to be those of a missing 2-year-old Virginia boy were found Wednesday morning in a steam plant that converts trash to energy, ending days of searching in a case where the boy's mother is charged in his disappearance, police said. The remains were not incinerated, said Sult, who declined to otherwise describe the remains' condition or say how they arrived at the plant. The mother was arrested four days after she reported the boy missingThe investigation began June 24 when the boy's mother, Julia Leanna Tomlin, reported him missing. In this case, at the steam plant, they're in a confined space," Sult said.

CNN image(CNN) - The mother of 2-year-old Noah Tomlin has been arrested in his disappearance days after she said he vanished from his bed in their Virginia home, authorities said. Noah is presumed dead, and authorities will continue to search for him, Hampton police chief Terry Sult said at a news conference Friday night. Julia Tomlin was arrested on suspicion of felony child neglect, Hampton police said. Initially, police said that no explanation of his disappearance was ruled out, including the chance he walked away. The search took place on land, sea and air, and was done by foot and with drones and sonar, Sult said.

Noah Tomlin was last seen around 1 a.m. Monday, in bed in his mobile home in the Buckroe Beach area of Hampton, Virginia, Hampton Police Chief Terry Sult said. (CNN) - A 2-year-old boy was put to bed in Virginia but was nowhere to be found in the morning, police say. Noah Tomlin was last seen around 1 a.m. Monday, in bed in his mobile home in the Buckroe Beach area of Hampton, Virginia, Hampton Police Chief Terry Sult said at a news conference. The Virginia Department of Emergency Management Search Team, the State Police and the FBI have been called in to assist in the investigation. Noah went to bed wearing a white and green striped pajama shirt and a diaper.