The body of 5-year-old South Carolina girl Nevaeh Adams was found in a landfill in that state Monday, a day before the remains of missing Kamille McKinney were recovered in Alabama.
Nevaeh and her mother were killed at their home in early August, according to the Sumter, South Carolina Police Department. DNA tests were used to confirm Nevaeh’s identity after her remains were discovered by more than 400 searchers sifting through around 4 million pounds of waste at the county landfill. Searchers found Nevaeh’s body Monday; police announced the discovery Tuesday.
“The local community and the state as a whole have been profoundly impacted by this case,” Sumter Police Chief Russell Roark said. “It is our hope that the recovery of Nevaeh will provide a sense of peace to her family, the community, and the hundreds of men and women who participated in this effort.
“This is not the outcome any of us would have wanted but we hope this can provide some closure to the family,” he said. “We will continue working with the 3rd Circuit Solicitor’s Office to bring this case to trial.”
A suspect in the case, Daunte Maurice Johnson, 28, is in custody in connection to the slayings.
The tragic discovery came a day before the remains of Kamille McKinney, 3, were found inside a dumpster at an Alabama landfill, 10 days after she went missing from a Birmingham birthday party. Police plan to charge Patrick Stallworth, 39, and 29-year-old Derick Irisha Brown with capital murder and kidnapping in the child’s death.
