The mother of a toddler found dead in a Georgia landfill has been charged with murder and other crimes in a 19-count indictment that alleges she used drugs before killing her son and dumping his body in a trash bin.
A Chatham County grand jury returned the indictment against Leilani Simon on Wednesday. She has been jailed since police
Nov. 21, when investigators found her son’s remains after weeks spent combing through garbage at a landfill.the morning of Oct. 5 to report her 20-month-old son, Quinton Simon, was missing from his indoor playpen at their home outside Savannah. After police spent days searching the home and surrounding neighborhood, Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said that investigators believed the child was dead. He also named Simon as the sole suspect.two weeks after the boy was reported missing.
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