Aveion Lewis' mother, Morgan Elizabeth Ward Lockett, will remain jailed without bond as she awaits trial on charges she and her husband murdered the 2-year-old, a Roanoke Circuit Court judge ruled today.

Judge Clifford Weckstein denied the request for bond at a hearing today, citing the serious nature of the charges and three other children in the Lockett home. The other children are aged 4, almost 2 and almost 1. Lockett, 23, also is expecting another child in May.

Lockett and her husband, Brandon R'eal Lockett, each are charged with second-degree murder, cruelty and child neglect in the death of Aveion, whom they reported missing Jan. 14. Aveion's body was discovered in a Roanoke County landfill on Jan. 27.

Brandon Lockett, 24, initially told police that intruders knocked him out and kidnapped the toddler. Later, he told police Aveion was dead.

The Department of Social Services removed Aveion from the Locketts' custody when he was 14 months old, after a report that he had been neglected. He was returned to the Locketts in September after spending about 16 months in foster care.