Houston Police Division
A search crew of practically 20 folks descended on a Texas landfill on Monday as authorities hunted for a lacking toddler final seen greater than two weeks in the past.
Nadia Lee, 2, was final seen at her father’s Pasadena condo on Oct. 16. Two days later, her father, Jyron Charles Lee, was arrested and charged with the homicide of Nadia’s mom, Nancy Reed. Authorities imagine Lee, 26, strangled Reed, 22, at a resort in Clear Lake throughout an argument over self-discipline their youngsters, in accordance with the Houston Chronicle.
Lee remained within the Harris County Jail below a $250,000 bond on Monday. Police have mentioned it’s doable he may face extra fees associated to Nadia’s disappearance.
Members of the family informed ABC13 that Lee and Reed had had 5 kids collectively. The outlet reported that two different toddlers, aged 1 and three years previous, have been current on the time of Reed’s homicide. The pair have been unhurt and remanded to Youngster Protecting Providers.
“It's heartbreaking. It truly is,” Nadia’s grandmother Nora Reed informed ABC13. “My coronary heart is breaking in half. I simply hope we discover the infant, we discover Nadia.”
Texas EquuSearch, a Houston-based search and restoration group, confirmed it had expanded its investigation to the Coastal Plains Recycling and Disposal Facility, with crew members roping off a website roughly the dimensions of a soccer subject. It was not instantly clear what proof led the group to the landfill, which is positioned on non-public property within the metropolis of Alvin.
“Eighteen folks which are actually simply slicing open each bag,” Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch’s founder, informed Houston station KHOU. “I’m hoping that something’s not going to finish up in a landfill. However for proper now, wherever the ending comes up, you already know, it must have an ending.”
Officers mentioned that it’s doable the crew, utilizing heavy equipment, together with two observe hoes and one bulldozer, might want to dig as deep as eight toes.
In the beginning of the seek for Nadia, a Houston Police Division sergeant mentioned investigators have been conducting a murder investigation, in accordance with ABC13. Investigators imagine that the 2-year-old was killed in Charles’ condo after which moved, sources informed the outlet.
Surveillance footage has proven Lee strolling round a dumpster close to his condo advanced with a stroller, investigators mentioned.
“I don’t suppose that is going to have a optimistic consequence we want to have,” mentioned Miller. “Certainly one of my greatest fears is there is probably not an consequence.”