Investigators released a statement on Tuesday claiming they have obtained promising new evidence in the missing case of 20-month old Quinton Simon.
Simon has been missing from his home in Georgia since last week.
“We’ve seized evidence that we believe will help move this case forward & we’re now working to analyze the evidence to see where it leads us,” the Chatham County Police Department said.
The police didn’t elaborate any further on what those details may be or on what the new evidence is and stated that they will not be offering any further public statements that day.
Simon was last seen in his playpen at his home in Savannah around 6 a.m. last Wednesday morning. He was reported missing by his 22-year-old mother Leilani Simon about three hours later.
Investigators have searched the family’s home, backyard pool, a nearby pond and other outside areas, but have not found little Quinton.
Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley confirmed, “Detectives are investigating whether there was any criminality involved in Quinton’s disappearance. His mother believes someone may have taken him from their home. The FBI is assisting local investigators to find little Quinton.”
Police previously said they do not suspect any foul play in the boy’s disappearance or that he was taken as part of a custody battle.
Quinton’s babysitter has said that she was supposed to watch the toddler and his brother the day he vanished, but she received a cryptic message that left her alarmed.
“I got a text this morning saying they would not be here, would not be babysitting them at 5:29 a.m. Which was kind of odd because I have them even when she doesn’t work,” Diana McCarta said, referring to Leilani.
The boy’s maternal grandparents, Billie Jo and Thomas Howell, have legal custody of him and his 3-year-old brother.
“She hasn’t always done the right thing,” Billie Jo Howell said of her daughter in an interview with the station. “Sometimes she does really great, sometimes she doesn’t. I don’t know if I can trust her, I don’t.”
Court records obtained by WJCL show that Billie Jo Howell attempted to evict the child’s mother and her boyfriend from her home in early September.
In my opinion the toddler’s mother is playing games with the authorities and her very own parents. She is trying to outsmart the authorities.
Its not going to happen PERIOD! She needs to tell EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID TO THAT BABY!
Listen to the babysitter’s statements. There is a hole and a gap. Analyze it very carefully and the missing puzzle is there.
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Hell naw, “F all of that” where are the comments of “POS”, “Make her Ass disappear too”, ” Send her ass to prison”, “Hang her from the highest tree”…and the “Goldie but Oldie”…”It’s Biden’s fault for not doing more”…If this article was about person who’s black you MF’ers would’ve crashed the sever ringing in like a high school bell by now with your racist comments. But since its not…quite as a church mouse on Sunday, God has a special place for you, worthless ass POS.