Parents charged in death of missing baby put infant’s body in suitcase and threw it away
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed charges against the parents of a missing baby who is presumed dead.
Adam Manson, 34, and Kiana Williams, 32, were each charged Wednesday with one count of child abuse resulting in death.
Police began looking for the couple’s 6-month-old son, Jacsun, on Jan. 25 after he was reported missing by the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
Authorities allege his parents were doing drugs in a motel room on Dec. 31 and later found their son dead. Investigators believe the parents then put the infant’s body in a suitcase and tossed it into a dumpster. The cause of death remains unclear.
“Detectives have developed reason to believe that Adam Manson and Kianna Williams are responsible for the disappearance and death of their 6-month-old son Jacsun,” the Culver City Police Department said in a statement. “We also believe that after his death, Adam and Kianna discarded Jacsun’s body in a dumpster near the Crenshaw Mall in Los Angeles.”
Culver City police officers are planning a search of the El Sobrante Landfill in the city of Corona in hope of finding the boy’s remains.
If convicted, Manson and Williams face a possible maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, according to the district attorney’s office.