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LAYTON, Utah - The search for a missing 4-year-old Layton boy, Ethan Stacy, ended tragically Tuesday afternoon as authorities found his body in a shallow grave near Powder Mountain Resort. The mother and stepfather of the boy were arrested and booked into the Davis County Jail as investigators unraveled a web of lies used to cover up the murder. Stephanie Sloop, 27, faces felony child abuse, obstruction of justice and desecration charges. Nathanael Warren Sloop, 31, faces the same charges as well as aggravated homicide. He also faces a new charge of damage to a jail cell. Police say he allegedly damaged the cell during the course of his arrest.

Formal charges are expected to be issued during a court appearance for the couple Wednesday afternoon at the Davis County Courthouse in Farmington. This will be their first court appearance. Results pending from an autopsy performed on Ethan Wednesday morning by the Utah State Office of the Medical Examiner will determine the official cause of death.

The Layton Police Department says they do not believe the murder was premeditated.

Layton Police Lt. Garret Atkin conducted a news conference Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. announcing the discovery of the body and charges filed against Ethan's mother and stepfather.

"Anytime you get a crime involving a child like this it makes you really wonder how does something like that happen," said Atkin.

Layton police initially focused their search for Ethan in the vicinity of his apartment after he was reported missing Monday night. The search was later focused on an area near Powder Mountain after police received new leads Tuesday afternoon. Those leads brought the Layton Police Department, Weber County Sheriff's deputies and other crime scene investigation workers to an area near Wolf Canyon trail head, close by Powder Mountain Resort where they discovered a body of a boy matching Ethan's description.

The body was brought down from the mountain side off the Wolf Creek trail and was given to the state medical examiner, according to Layton Police.

"Persons of interest were interviewed, and information was obtained leading us to the possible burial site in the area of Powder Mountain," said Layton Police Lt. Garret Atkin. "At approximately 5:00 p.m. a body of a juvenile male matching Ethan's description was discovered at this site."

Stephanie Sloop, Ethan's mother, claimed she tucked him into bed late Monday night before he disappeared. She said the boy wandered from the apartment about five times in the last 10 days. Police Lt. Atkin says that the story of Ethan walking in his sleep "appears to be a ruse created by the mother, something to cover her tracks."

Prior to the search in the Powder Mountain area, authorities Tuesday morning searched the apartment complex, the Layton Hills Mall across the street and also questioned neighbors. As part of the investigation, police contacted all known registered sex offenders within a one-mile radius of Ethan Stacy's home.

Nathan's biological father was notified of the incident according to Layton Police Lt. Phillip Howell.