Authorities Saturday found the body of a missing 11-month-old girl hidden in the attic of her Spring Lake home and later charged the child's mother in connection with the death.
The Harnett County Sheriff’s Office charged Johni Michelle Heuser, 25, with first degree murder. She was being held without bond.
Harmony Creech had been dead for three or four weeks, Harnett County Sheriff Larry Rollins announced late Saturday night.
Rollins said Heuser's three other children were placed in foster care.
Police had issued a statewide Amber Alert on Friday after Harmony's family reported her missing. The FBI helped the Harnett County Sheriff's Department, although authorities never labeled the case an abduction.
On Saturday, the mother told investigators she had found the baby dead in its crib and concealed the body in the attic of her home.
"Her reasoning for such was that she was fearful," Rollins said of the 25-year-old mother of four.
i just don't understand what would make someone hurt their own child (or anyone else's for that matter). i wonder what was going through this woman's mind when she "found" her baby dead and just hid the body in the attic instead of seeking some sort of medical treatment or telling authorities or someone. it's just really sad. i want kids someday and i can't imagine ever wanting to hurt them because they are so precious.
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When I say that I want to kick this woman's ass, you just don't know. She needs to get the death penalty. I am praying for her Dad. You come home from Iraq and your child is dead. Sad.
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