JACKSONVILLE, N.C._Officials said they have arrested the live-in boyfriend of Kristy Woods, the mother of missing 3-year-old girl, in connection with what is now believed to be the death of the child.
Mariah Woods is presumed dead based on evidence gathered during a weeklong investigation into her disappearance, the Onslow County Sheriff's Office announced. Saturday. The child remains missing and the focus of searches will shift to recovery.
Earl Kimrey, the boyfriend of Mariah's mother, Kristy Woods, was arrested Friday and charged with concealing of death, obstruction of justice and other crimes. He was held in the Onslow County Detention Center.
An arrest warrant released Saturday accuses Kimrey of "removing Mariah Woods' body from the scene of her death, and did conceal Mariah Woods' death and body, knowing that Mariah Woods died from unnatural causes. The defendant acted with deceit and intent to defraud." The warrant also says Kimrey "secretly disposed of the dead child's body."
She was abducted from a home in Jacksonville, according to an Amber Alert issued Monday. She was last seen when her mother put her to bed around 11 p.m. Sunday, according to the Charlotte Division of the FBI.
