Texas six-year-old found dead

The body was found in a shallow grave

A six-year-old boy has been found dead and buried in mud near his home in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, and his brother and sister have confessed to his killing, Texas authorities have said.

Police were led to Jackson Carr's shallow grave by his 15-year-old sister after hours of searching, the Associated Press news agency reported police as saying.

Jackson Carr was reported missing on Monday

She and her 10-year-old brother, who police say admitted to holding his little brother down during the killing, were being held at a juvenile detention centre on suspicion of murder, but formal charges have not been filed.

The boy was reported missing on Monday evening.

His brother had told their parents that he could not find him after a game of hide-and-seek.

Mike Houser, a neighbour, was reported by AP as saying that the family had lived in the suburb of Lewisville for about four months.

The children often played in the creek bed behind the home, neighbours said.