A creepy discovery in a backyard in Detroit has sent shock waves through the community after the small foot of a child put out of a shallow grave.
It led the police to discover the remains of a nine -year -old boy who were reportedly murdered by his own mother.
The woman, 41-year-old Brandee Katrice Pierce, fled the state into what was a calculated attempt to escape, but she is now in custody.
Wayne County Officer Kym WORTHY revealed the moving details of the case during a press conference on Wednesday.
According to researchers, Pierce is said to have bound her son's hands and feet before he buried him smother and his lifeless body behind her rental home in the northwest of Detroit before he disappears to Georgia with her surviving three -year -old son.
The tragedy only came to light on January 6 when a landlord who prepared the house for a new tenant who came across the horrible scene and noticed the human remains that stopped from the dirt in the back garden.
The police were quickly on site with the office of the Wayne County Medical Examiner who later ruled that a murder that confirmed the child, identified as Zemar King III, had died of compression in the neck and thorough.
Authorities believe that the murder took place at the end of October 2024.
A creepy discovery in a backyard in Detroit has sent shock waves by the local community after the small foot of a child put out of a shallow grave
Brandee Katrice Pierce, 41, fled the state in what the authorities believe was a calculated attempt to escape, but she is now in custody. Pierce is now confronted with accusations of murder
Nine -year -old Zemar King III died of a compression in the neck and smother
Pierce left the house only a few weeks later and finally left the Detroit house on November 6 and traveled to Cobb County, Georgia, where she lived with her child in apparent homelessness.
A breakthrough in the case came in December days before Christmas when the police in Brookhaven, Georgia, initiated a non -related investigation into the younger son of Pierce.
During the investigation, the authorities made contact with the police of Detroit and made a series of events that eventually led to the mother's arrest.
Pierce was arrested in Georgia last month on January 10 and is now confronted with extradition to Michigan.
“I have often stood on this stage many times and spoke about how horrible, tragic and shockingly certain cases are, every time there can be future alleged facts that can be worse than what I am talking about at the time,” said WORTHY.
'This is one of the most callous and horrible cases I have ever encountered. Every time I think I have seen the worst, another case like this comes to the fore. Well, that day came again.
'I have long been the public prosecutor and I often say that I have seen it all. The horrors of this case for child abuse defy that. The alleged actions of this suspect are among the most callous I have seen and hope to never see again. '
Wayne County Officer Kym WORTHY revealed the moving details of the case during a press conference on Wednesday
Police chief Todd Bettison of Detroit repeated Worthy's feelings and assured the public that justice would be served
Pierce, reportedly tied to her son's hands and feet before he buries him smother and his lifeless body behind her rental home in the northwest of Detroit
The police chief Todd Bettison of Detroit repeated Wormy's feelings and assured the public that justice would be served.
“We are convinced that there will be responsibility for this,” he said firmly at the press conference.
Pierce is now confronted with a whole series of charges, including murder in the first degree, murder in the first degree, murder in the first degree, first grade of child abuse, messing with evidence and hiding the death of an individual.
If convicted of the charge of the murder, she stands for a mandatory life sentence without a conditional release.
While Legal proceedings unfold, the three -year -old son of Pierce remains in the care of child protection services.
