Mother charged after 7-year-old's decaying body found in closet

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Mother charged after 7-year-old's decaying body found in closet
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A stranger made the grim discovery after noticing the front door was open and a foul smell was emanating from inside the home in DeKalb County, Georgia.

Archived image of police tape sealing off a crime scene. Police launched a murder investigation after the discovery of a child's body in a closet at her Georgia home."Child maltreatment is a vexing problem in the U.S.," said study author Maria Fitzpatrick, a professor of economics and public policy at Cornell University's Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy.—13 percent according to one study and 4 in 10 according to another ...

A local man, who chose to remain anonymous, told news station WXIA that he was the person who first found the girl at around 4:00 p.m. He said he approached the apartment because the door was"wide open," which was when he was overcome by a foul smell coming from inside. The officer who was called to the scene at the Hidden Valley Apartment Complex confirmed that the bystander had indeed found a child's body, with his report describing how he saw a full head of hair and a decaying arm and leg protruding from the closet when he arrived, according to the Associated Press.

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