Officials have positively identified the remains of missing 3-year-old girl Mariah Woods in North Carolina, according to local media reports.
Her mother’s live-in boyfriend, 32-year-old Earl Kimrey, was charged with withholding information about her death and is being held on $1 million bond.
When she went missing, a large search effort was mounted involving state and local law enforcement as well as the FBI. Hundreds of volunteers also took part in the search.
Kimrey was charged with hiding the body and obstruction of justice.
Authorities have not revealed how the girl died, but prosecutors have said that more charges are possible, WNCN reported.
“Someone just walked right up in there, grabbed the 3-year-old out of the bed and she didn’t cry, she didn’t scream?” Woods told the news station.
“Nobody heard anything? Four people in the house—two adults and two kids—someone just comes up and snatches the baby and walks out?” he added.
He told the news station that he was given legal custody of Mariah and her two brothers last year while child protection services investigated an incident involving their mother. He said he has not seen them since.
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