A man and a woman in custody face kidnapping and capital murder charges after the remains of a missing 3-year-old girl believed to be Kamille McKinney were found on Tuesday in Birmingham, Ala., the authorities said. The discovery came 10 days after the girl was last seen at a birthday party, the police said, adding that the case had “touched a nation.”“Her remains were found inside of a dumpster and they were recovered inside of a landfill,” Chief Patrick D. Smith of the Birmingham Police Department said at a news conference on Tuesday, adding that the authorities had been going through about 12 tons of trash collected in and around the area for several days. The man, Patrick Stallworth, and the woman, Derick Brown , will be formally charged with kidnapping and capital murder charges, Sgt. Johnny Williams said on Wednesday. No cause of death was given.

Source: New York Times October 23, 2019 16:04 UTC