A Stone Mountain woman is behind bars in connection with the death of a toddler found floating in the Chattahoochee River Thursday.
A group of Cobb County firefighters discovered the child's body filming a water safety announcement on scene.
“It’s a bit ironic that in preparing to do that, they found a child in the water that had drowned, or a deceased child, we don’t know specifically if the child drowned or not but that was a bit ironic,” Sgt. Wayne Delk commented.
Authorities arrested 27-year-old Breyanla Cooper the following day and charged her with concealing the toddler’s passing.
“Our detectives did receive information from the public that did lead them to suspect and they were able to actually identify her and make charges and make an arrest in this case,” Delk added.
The child was placed in the Chattahoochee River sometime between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday, the suspect’s arrest affidavit said.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation had released a sketch of the child late Friday in the hope of identifying them. Anyone with information can call the GBI at 770-499-4111.
“We don’t have anything to release at this point. Still waiting for that from the medical examiner’s office and the detectives.”
