ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The horrific death of two-year-old Taylen Mosley had an impact on pretty much everyone who heard about the details.

The 2-year-old was found in the mouth of an alligator last month after police say his father, 21-year old Thomas Mosley, murdered him and his mother, Pashun Jefferies. The details of what happened after Taylen’s body was discovered only added to the already jarring details.

Mosley is charged with two counts of first-degree murder. And even though he’s accused of murdering his own son, under the current law he gets to decide what happens to his son’s remains.

It’s something Sen. Daryl Rouson says is a flaw in the law that he’s determined to remedy.

“It seems to me that, that was re-victimizing the family twice. Once by the heinous crime, the atrocious act,” Rouson said. “And secondly by having to give authority or permission to handle the remains or give permission to the medical examiner to do an autopsy. How crazy is that?”

Rouson says he was in Tallahassee when he learned the horrible news about the toddler’s death.

“It was like everybody’s initial reaction. Shock, anger at this atrocious handling of human life by another human being,” he said.

When he learned about who was responsible for Taylen’s remains, he was even more disturbed.

“The police department reached out to me because of the absurdity of the medical examiner having to contact the father, the perpetrator, the accused and get permission from him to do an autopsy or dispose of the remains of this young man,” he said.

He says police told him Mosley’s response made the process even more difficult.  

“I heard that initially he was uncooperative with authorities but then gave in,” Rouson said.

In order to change that, Rouson said he looked at the bills in front of him.

“What we did was we found a vehicle to file an amendment that would change that law," Rouson said. "So that if a person is arrested and accused of murder or the crime, they don’t fall in the secession line for permission of what to do with the body and that makes common sense to me."

The language is an amendment in Senate Bill 490.

“Senate Bill 490, which is called investigations into minors death, mandates that police agencies gives certain information to families to they’re kept in the loop concerning the nature of the crime, the personal possessions and updated information on the investigation,” he said. “If you’ve ever seen a minor shot and the family gathers at the emergency room of the hospital, they all want to know what’s going on and police agencies are reluctant to give out certain information. Well, this gives a list of into they have to give out and keeps families informed.”

The bill has already passed three committees in the senate and is expected to make it to the senate floor next week, and so is the House version.

Rouson says he fully expects for this victim’s rights bill to be signed by the governor and become law, closing that loophole.