Body found in suitcase identified as 5-year-old Atlanta boy; mother wanted for murder

SELLERSBURG, Ind. – Indiana state police recognized the physique of a boy discovered inside a suitcase as a baby from Atlanta. Police mentioned investigators arrested one suspect in California and are trying to find the boy’s mom, who’s from Georgia. 

Police recognized the sufferer, discovered lifeless and stuffed in a suitcase in southern Indiana, as 5-year-old Cairo Ammar Jordan of Atlanta. He would have turned six years previous on Monday, police mentioned.

Police mentioned legislation enforcement officers arrested 40-year-old Daybreak Elaine Coleman and shared a picture of 37-year-old Dejuane Ludie Anderson, throughout a press convention. 

She’s thought of “at giant” and police need the general public’s assist in discovering her. Indiana State Police Sgt. Carey Huls mentioned legislation enforcement filed a homicide warrant for Anderson’s arrest on Oct. 25. Police mentioned she is 5-foot-5 and 135 kilos and will have quick darkish brown hair. Indiana State police mentioned her final identified location was in Echo Park in Los Angeles however has traveled to varied cities within the U.S. — together with San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and Houston.

Police mentioned somebody discovered the suitcase on April 26 in an “remoted” space in southern Indiana by a mushroom hunter. The bags was described as a Las Vegas-themed hard-shell suitcase discovered off Holder Street.

Investigators spent months investigating leads and brushing by ideas. Officers mentioned an post-mortem confirmed the kid died from an “electrolyte imbalance” brought on by “a viral gastroenteritis”. A blood toxicology report was destructive.

Police mentioned brokers with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation helped discover Cairo’s organic father after investigators confirmed the id of the physique.  

Anybody with data on Anderson’s whereabouts is requested to contact their native police division.