The Indiana County district attorney Patrick Dougherty, confirmed that the body of 2-year-old nalani Johnson from Pittsburgh (PA), went missing last week, found in Pine Ridge Park in Blairsville on Tuesday, September 3.
The reason for the girl’s death is not yet known; an autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday. At the moment the police conducts a search in a house located in the heart of the Park — however no information about who it belongs to.
Allegheny County PD. Nalani Johnson
The terrible find was made just a day after Serene Nancy to the taxi driver allegedly took the girl, was charged with kidnapping.
«We believe that she was involved in the incident. noted Doherty — However, yet to figure out how».
According to the authorities, who managed to reproduce the movement of Nancy, after the alleged theft, she went with the girl in Blairsville. The last destination in the city was Pine Ridge Park — after which the woman returned to Pittsburgh without the child.
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According to police, at the time of the incident with Nancy for a short time was in a relationship with the father nalani, Paul Johnson.
Allegheny County PD. Serena Nancy
Johnson argues that Nancy had kidnapped the child after he confronted her during the trip. Nancy, in turn, said that Johnson sold the child to unknown people for $10 thousand and she was only instructed to deliver the girl to the buyer — which she did, handing nalani a woman in a silver SUV.
How did you find the reporters KDKA, this year mother nalani, Gladys Duarte, tried to get an injunction on the meeting of Johnson with her daughter, saying that he «threatened to kill» Duarte and «admitted that almost killed nalani». However, she did not attend the hearing in court at the appointed time, and the case was closed.
At the moment it is not known whether Johnson was involved in the murder; the police said that so far found no evidence to support the version Nancy. The investigation is ongoing.
