They are saying time of death around 5:30, jogger saw the body around 6:30, I assume the police woke up the relative of the boy when they were canvassing the neighborhood.
The way it’s written that the relative came and looked at the body and returned home leaves a lot open to interpretation but they probably identified the body after police woke them up and they realized their child wasn’t in bed.
Just because the emotional state of the relative isn’t written doesn’t mean they were emotionless although it’s easy to read it that way.
jmo
Edited to add, I prefer to assume a victim (the relative) is not guilty until authorities say otherwise.
“Lila Gilbert, 18, lives just down the road from where the boy was found. She said she and her family woke up at 8 a.m. to police asking if they were missing a 4-year-old child from their home.”
“Later in the morning, Gilbert said, she saw a relative of the boy come out and look at the body before returning to their home close by.”
Man arrested after slaying of 4-year-old boy found dead on street in Mountain Creek area, Dallas police say