UPDATED: 5:08 p.m.  |  POSTED: 3:44 p.m.

Roanoke police chief Joe Gaskins said today that searchers found the body of a small boy in the Smith Gap Regional Landfill in Western Roanoke County today at 12:30 p.m.

Police looking for missing Roanoke toddler Aveion Lewis had isolated trash originating from the 2100 block of King Charles Avenue in Roanoke, where the 2-year-old lived with his mother and stepfather, Morgan and Brandon Lockett. Teams of searchers found the body in the isolated trash.

The medical examiner's office in Roanoke will identify the body and determine a cause of death. Police did not release details about the age or race of the child found. They also would not say how they believe the child died.

Brandon Lockett was charged last week with improper disposal of a human body, felony child neglect and obstruction of justice.

Roanoke Commonwealth's Attorney Don Caldwell said the grand jury, which will meet Monday, had been scheduled to consider a murder charge against Brandon Lockett. Now that police have discovered a child's body, that may change, Caldwell said.

"If it appears there is additional evidence that can be gathered, we may withhold placing additional charges" until the grand jury meets again in March, Caldwell said.

A search warrant indicates that police are investigating Aveion Lewis' case as a homicide, but no one has been charged with the death.

UPDATED: 3:44 p.m.

 Roanoke police have scheduled a 5 p.m. press conference today about their investigation into the death of Aveion Lewis.

Authorities spent Tuesday, which would have been the toddler's third birthday, searching for any sign of Lewis at a Roanoke County landfill.

Brandon Lockett, Aveion's stepfather, and Morgan Lockett, his mother, reported to police Jan. 14 that Aveion was abducted. Police said Brandon Lockett later told them that the toddler had died.

Brandon Lockett was charged with felony child neglect, improper disposal of a human body and obstruction of justice. Police haven't said how Aveion might have died, but a search warrant said they are investigating the toddler's death as a homicide.