Body of Missing 5-Year-Old Girl Nevaeh Adams Found in Landfill

Nevaeh Lashy Adams, 5, went missing in Sumter, South Carolina as her mother was found dead in August 2019. Nevaeh Adam’s body was found Oct. 22, 2019, police say. Sumter Police Department

The body of a 5-year-old girl who had been missing since August has been found in South Carolina, police in Sumter announced Tuesday, Oct. 22.

Human remains were found on Friday at Richland Landfill on Screaming Eagle Road. Police had been searching the site on and off for the past two months, trying to find the body of the little girl, Nevaeh Lashy Adams.