Tuesday 18 October 2022 06:19 PM Missing toddler Quinton Simon was 'thrown in a dumpster' and 'disposed of at a ... trends now
Missing toddler Quinton Simon is believed to have been thrown in a dumpster and then disposed of at a landfill site, according to police investigating his disappearance.
Cops in Chatham County, Georgia are now working on the assumption that the 20-month-old's remains are at the rubbish dump as they begin the tireless search for his body.
Quinton disappeared on October 5, and his mother Leilani Simon, 22, is a suspect. She has not been arrested or charged, and the CCPD and the FBI confirmed that they believe the child is dead.
Chatham Police Chief Jeff Hadley announced today that the team is presuming the toddler was 'thrown in a dumpster' and 'unknowingly disposed of at a local landfill'.
Police declined to say what evidence led them to the landfill site.
He said: 'We believe he was placed in a specific dumpster at a specific location. We want justice for Quinton just like everybody else.
Quinton Simon, one, disappeared on October 5, and his mother Leilani Simon, 22, is still a suspect. The CCPD and the FBI confirmed that they believe the tot is dead
Court documents describe how Leilani Simon, 22, is a 'chronic, unrehabilitated substance abuser of cocaine and cannabis,' who allegedly admitted to using cocaine and tested positive for the drug at the birth of one of her children
Pictured: The landfill site at Little Neck Road near L. Scott Stell Park, where police are searching for the missing boy's remains
'And we want to find his remains, so we can give him a proper resting place.
'I have every belief that we will find his remains here at the landfill.'
Investigators are now combing through the mounds of debris at the landfill site off Little Neck Road near L. Scott Stell Park.
Will Clarke, the FBI's supervisory agent for the satellite office in Savannah, said: 'We are not just randomly searching this landfill, we have specific evidence that leads us to this large property.
'This will not be quick, this will not be easy, and the outcome is uncertain.'
Court documents previously obtained by the US Sun describe how Leilani , 22, is a 'chronic, unrehabilitated substance abuser of cocaine and cannabis,' who allegedly admitted to using cocaine and tested positive for the drug at the birth of one of her children.
She is now the prime suspect in the disappearance and presumed death of her 1-year-old son, Quinton, with Child Protective Services removing her two other children from her mother's custody on October 12.
Simon's mother, Billie Jo Howell, had guardianship of her grandchildren.
