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The mom of a toddler whose physique was present in a Savannah landfill final 12 months pleaded not responsible to the fees of homicide, amongst different fees, on Thursday.
Leilani Simon, 20-month-old Quinton Simon’s mom, had reported him lacking in October 2022. Simon had been the only suspect within the case and was arrested in November.
Simon made her first look in courtroom Thursday morning on a 19-count indictment that was handed down in December, in response to courtroom paperwork. She faces a number of fees, together with homicide, concealing a demise, false report of against the law and 14 counts of constructing false statements, courtroom paperwork present.
Chatham County Judge Tammy Stokes denied Simon’s lawyer’s request for bond Thursday “based on the risk that she would commit a felony while on bond and there’s risk of flight as well.”
Judge Stokes additionally denied Simon’s lawyer’s request to postpone her shopper’s arraignment, saying hearings for future motions can be scheduled solely after an arraignment.
The choose additionally mentioned movement hearings within the case shall be scheduled quickly.
Simon’s lawyer had filed a movement on Wednesday looking for to dismiss a few of the fees that allege Simon made a number of false statements about her son’s disappearance, courtroom paperwork present. Simon had reported her son lacking from their residence on October 5. She had instructed authorities she final noticed him in his playpen round 6 a.m. and reported him lacking greater than three hours later.
Simon was arrested on November 21. Later that month, authorities found partial stays in a landfill. The FBI confirmed “through DNA analysis the bones found in the Superior Landfill” have been these of Quinton, a news launch on the time mentioned.
Chatham County District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones mentioned on the time: “These are the cases that keep us up at night. These are the cases that deserve justice.”
Source: www.cnn.com