Remains found believed to be missing Georgia toddler; mother charged with murder - WSB Atlanta

CHATHAM COUNTY, Ga. — The Chatham County Police Department has arrested the parent of a missing Georgia toddler, Quinton Simon.

On Monday, constabulary announced that they arrested Leilani Simon, 22, and charged her with execution successful transportation to her son’s disappearance and death.

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Simon reported that her was missing from their location connected Oct. 5. On Oct. 12, the Chatham County Police Department announced that Quinton was believed to beryllium dormant and his parent was the premier suspect.

On Friday, Oct. 18, the Chatham County Police Department and FBI announced that grounds led them to judge that Quinton’s remains were astatine the Waste Management Landfill successful Chatham County, and a monolithic hunt began to effort to find them.

After coming done 1.2 cardinal pounds of trash implicit a 30-day period, investigators said connected Friday, Nov. 18, they uncovered what they believed were the toddler’s remains successful a landfill.

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Police person sent the remains to the FBI to corroborate they are quality and beryllium to Quinton.

“Every subordinate of the Chatham County Police Department has been impacted by Quinton’s case,” said Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley.

Police said they don’t expect immoderate different arrests successful the case.

“We are profoundly saddened by this case, but we are thankful that we are 1 measurement person to justness for small Quinton,” constabulary wrote connected Twitter.

Simon was transported to the Chatham County Detention Center wherever she volition beryllium held until a enslaved hearing.

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