A community was left in shock when the bodies of two juvenile girls were discovered stuffed in separate suitcases in East 162nd in Midland on Monday, 2 March.
On Thursday, an Ohio mother was arrested in connection to the deaths of the two girls, according to reports. 28-year-old Aliyah Henderson, mother of the two girls, is facing two charges of aggravated murder in the deaths of Mila Chatman, 8, and Amor Wilson, 10, the police confirmed.
DNA testing was instrumental in the identification of the victims, according to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
The girls' bodies werediscovered when Donald Johnson was walking his dogand stumbled upon a suitcase, which was buried in a shallow grave. When Johnson went to investigate and unzipped the suitcase, he discovered a girl's severed head.
The police were called, and upon further investigation of the area, they were also able to locateanother suitcase nearby, which also contained another girl's body. An investigation quickly followed, and the police immediately urged the public to come forward with any information.
A day after the victims were identified, Amor Wilson's father, who requested to remain anonymous for safety reasons, spoke up about his daughter's tragic death. Amid his grief over the loss of his daughter, he said, 'I just feel useless. I couldn't save my daughter,' he toldFox 8, describing how the tragic incident has turned his life around.
The grief-stricken father wanted to put it out there how he had fought for his daughters for years, as her mother had kept her from him. 'When it was something so simple. Just give me her. You're feeling stressed, give me her,' he told the media outlet.
He said, 'I've been trying to get her for six years. You've been ducking me. You told me I was too family-oriented. That's why you ain't giving my daughter. Been tried, tried, tried. Then talked to CPS numerous occasions.'
During the investigation, though Amor Wilson's father shared that he provided a DNA sample to the authorities to help identify the victims, he said he felt in his 'heart of hearts' that one of the girls was his daughter. He also shared that the other victim's father had also struggled to gain custody of the child.
In his statement, he said, 'We both was in a position where we couldn't get her because (the mother) always left. She was always leaving.' While dealing with grief, he is now awaiting details to be provided by the police.
Source: International Business Times UK
