The
body of a missing North Carolina toddler was found in a creek just
hours after her mother’s live-in boyfriend was charged for allegedly
hiding her body.
Onslow
County Sheriff Hans Miller said divers recovered Mariah Woods’ body at
5:30 p.m. Saturday from the Pender County Creek, 25 miles from the
toddler’s home.
Police did not reveal any other details about the case.
Mariah,
3, was reported missing from her bed on Monday by her mother, Kristy
Woods, who claimed she last saw her daughter when she put her to bed on
Sunday night.
Police issued an Amber Alert and Woods made emotion-filled pleas for the child’s safe return.
On
Friday, however, police had determined the 3-year-old was dead and
Saturday police arrested Woods’ boyfriend, 32-year-old Earl Kimrey, in
connection with her disappearance.
Kimrey’s
arrest warrant said that Mariah’s body was moved from where she died
and that he allegedly knew she did not die of natural causes, ABC News
reported. The warrant, however, did not say how the girl was killed.
"It
was too late to save Mariah the moment the 911 call came in," FBI agent
Stanley Meador. "The arrest warrants are public record and the records
speaks for themselves. We will not discuss any details related to the
homicide investigation."
Mariah’s
biological father, Alex Woods, expressed suspicion about what Mariah’s
mother said happened during the search for his daughter.
“Somebody
just walks right in there, grabs a 3-year-old out of the bed, she
didn’t cry, she didn’t scream?” he told WTVR. “Nobody heard nothing?
Four people in the house, two adults and two babies and somebody just
comes, snatches the baby up and walks out?”
Kimrey,
32, has been charged with obstruction of justice, second-degree
burglary, felony larceny and possession of stolen property.
Additional charges are pending, reports said.
He is being held on $1,010,000 bond.
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