Mother arrested almost 2 years after boy’s body found in suitcase
Almost two years after her 5-year-old son’s body was found in a suitcase along an Indiana highway, the mother wanted on a murder warrant was arrested in California, police said Friday.
LOS ANGELES — Almost two years after her 5-year-old son’s body was found in a suitcase along an Indiana highway, the mother wanted on a murder warrant was arrested in California, police said Friday.
Dejaune Ludie Anderson has been sought since a warrant was issued in October 2022 for her arrest in the death of Cairo Jordan.
Months earlier, an Indiana mushroom hunter found a suitcase that held the remains of her son Cairo, officials have said. The Las Vegas-themed suitcase was discovered in a wooded area along a road in rural Washington County in April 2022.
Anderson was arrested Thursday night in Arcadia, California, a city east of Los Angeles, Indiana State Police Sgt. Carey Huls said at a news conference.
“It’s still a sorrowful, a somber moment in the investigation,” Huls said. “But it’s a thing we’ve looked forward to and anticipated for almost two years now.”
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