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Mother wanted for murder following discovery of 5-year-old son inside suitcase

Mother wanted for murder following discovery of 5-year-old son inside suitcase

Police in the USA have announced the arrest of one woman and the issuing of an arrest warrant for another following the identification of a body found inside a suitcase.

The body of 5-year-old Cairo Ammar Jordan from Atlanta, Georgia was found inside a suitcase in a remote wooded area in the state of Indiana on April 16th last.

It has taken police six months to identify the body and narrow their investigation down to two suspects -  the boy's mother Dejaune Ludie Anderson and a woman named Dawn Elaine Coleman.

Dejaune Ludie Anderson
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Dejaune Ludie Anderson

Police recently arrested Coleman in the San Fransico area, however, the boy's mother remains at large.

Both are charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death and obstruction of justice. The boy's mother, meanwhile, will be charged with murder.

Anderson was released from prison just five days before her son's discovery following an arrest on second-degree theft charges where she stole $1500 in goods from a department store before hitting a security guard.

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Disturbingly, social media search warrants obtained by police have discovered several posts published by the two women referring to Cairo as a "demon".

Just weeks before the boy's discovery, Anderson posted to Facebook that she was excited to tell a story "about that exorcism" and about living with a "demonic child."

Autopsy results have shown the boy is likely to have died from vomiting and diarrhoea and subsequently dehydration.

The search for Anderson remains ongoing.

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