The mom of a 20-month-old youngster who Georgia authorities imagine is lifeless has been arrested and accused of homicide, police mentioned Monday.
In October, Leilani Simon, 22, was named by Chatham County because the “prime suspect” in what police mentioned was the disappearance and demise of her son, Quinton Simon.
Chatham County police mentioned they did no count on another arrests within the case however didn’t instantly launch extra particulars.
“We’re deeply saddened by this case, however we’re grateful that we’re one step nearer to justice for little Quinton,” the division mentioned in a tweet saying the mom’s arrest Monday afternoon.
Chatham County Police and FBI personnel have been looking out a Waste Administration landfill for the lacking toddler’s stays since Oct. 18, after Police Chief Jeff Hadley mentioned proof led legislation enforcement there.
Leilani Simon reported the toddler lacking from his house in an unincorporated a part of the county close to Savannah on Oct. 5, police have mentioned.
The report set off a search that included the FBI. Search crews regarded for the kid in areas he might need wandered, together with a pond, drainage pipes, dumpsters and close by woods.
On Oct. 12, Chatham County police introduced that they believed the kid was lifeless and named Leilani Simon because the prime suspect, though she had not been arrested or charged at the moment.
Authorities didn’t go into specifics about why they assume Quinton is lifeless or why they believe his mom.
“The proof that now we have to date, based mostly on a number of search warrants and interviews, has led us to the conclusion that Quinton is deceased,” Hadley mentioned.
Will Clarke, senior supervisory resident agent accountable for the FBI’s Savannah and Brunswick workplaces, mentioned at the moment that investigators “adopted each lead, each tip and every bit of proof to get thus far.”
“To the Chatham County group, our coronary heart breaks together with yours in making an attempt to grasp what we imagine occurred right here,” Clarke mentioned in October.
Simon’s boyfriend reported waking up and seeing Quinton at 6 a.m. on Oct. 5, Hadley has beforehand mentioned. The mom reported him lacking at 9:39 a.m., he mentioned.
After Simon was named because the suspect, Hadley mentioned there have been no different suspects and nobody else was being thought-about for legal prices.
