The body of a missing Ohio boy was located in a sewage drain Friday hours after his foster mother told her husband that he was no longer alive.
5-year-old Darnell Taylor was last seen alive Tuesday or Wednesday, according to his foster father who called 911 early Thursday morning to report his wife’s confession.
He told detectives that Pammy Maye fled their Columbus home in a Jeep after waking him up at 3 a.m. to say that she killed Darnell.
Police launched a search for Maye, who suffers from bipolar disorder, before locating her 150 miles away in Brooklyn on Thursday evening, still dressed in a nightgown.
Darnell’s body was located in a sewage drain in the 100 block of Marsdale Avenue in southwest Columbus at 1 a.m. Friday.
“We have reached a pivotal point in this investigation, we have some very unfortunate news to share,” Chief Elaine R. Bryant said in a press conference Friday.
“This is a tragic development…this is not the outcome that we wanted but we are going to make sure that we can do everything we can to bring justice for Darnell.”
