The 22-year-old mother of missing Quinton Simon has been arrested and charged with murder after human remains, believed to be those of the toddler, were found in a landfill site.
Chatham County Police Department confirmed that Leilani Simon was charged on Monday. She was taken to the Chatham County Detention Center where she now awaits a bond hearing.
The mother has been charged with murder, malice, concealing the death of a person, and making false statements in connection with the disappearance of Quinton.
Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said during a press conference that they had found human remains on Friday.
“Our search teams at the waste management landfill found what they believed were human remains this afternoon. The FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia confirmed that they are in fact human remains and additional testing including DNA analysis is being conducted and we have every reason to believe that this will confirm the remains are Quentin’s,” he said.
The bones have been sent to a lab and further testing is now underway. Police said that they had every belief the toddler was at the landfill.
During the press conference, Chief Hadley became emotional as he described the development as heartbreaking.
“This is a heartbreaking development for everyone who loved Quintin for the many people who came to know him after his disappearance and for our department when we first received the call that Quentin was missing, we were hopeful that we would find him alive and unharmed,” he continued.
“But as we have been telling you for weeks all of our evidence pointed to his mother being responsible for his death and disappearance and his remains being found in the landfill.”
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