Keara Cotton Charged with Killing Son, Jayceion Mathis

A mom in Georgia is behind bars this week after authorities accused her of killing her 4-year-old son, who was reported lacking earlier this month. Keara Cotton, 27, was taken into custody on Monday and now faces felony expenses for the alleged homicide of Jayceion Mathis, state regulation enforcement authorities introduced.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) on Monday introduced that the company was conducting an investigation into the whereabouts of Mathis.

In response to a press launch, a number of members of Mathis’ household on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022 filed a criticism with the Vienna Police Division claiming that that they had not seen the kid for a number of months. Police detectives investigated the declare however have been unable to find Mathis or Cotton, each of whom lived collectively in a house in Vienna, for 2 days. Authorities mentioned Cotton had not been seen since relations filed the preliminary criticism reporting Mathis lacking.

Police on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022 contacted the GBI and requested help within the investigation. The joint-agency investigation led to Cotton being situated and arrested two days later.

Cotton was initially charged with two counts of cruelty to youngsters, the GBI introduced on Twitter.

However after taking Cotton into custody, the GBI introduced that brokers had additionally obtained info that led to the invention of human stays in Cordele, Crisp County close to East Sixteenth Avenue, which is about two hours south of Atlanta. The stays weren’t recognized, however the GBI famous that the invention was the results of “a lacking little one investigation.”

Per the press launch, the company despatched the stays to the GBI Medical Examiner’s Workplace which can try to establish the stays and decide the trigger and method of dying.

Following the invention of the stays, Cotton was charged with one rely of homicide and one rely of concealing the dying of one other along with the 2 counts of second-degree cruelty to youngsters.

Authorities emphasised that the investigation into Cotton is “energetic and ongoing,” and urged anybody with info that may be related to the case to contact the GBI or submit an nameless tip by calling 1-800-597-TIPS (8477).

Earlier this month, a mom in Gwinnett, Georgia, which is roughly three hours north of Vienna, was additionally arrested and charged with homicide and second-degree cruelty to a toddler for allegedly killing her younger son.

The mom reportedly claimed that her 1-year-old son was hit by a truck whereas enjoying outdoors on Christmas Eve after which died in his sleep in a single day. Following the toddler’s dying, the health worker reportedly mentioned that the boy’s accidents “look like inconsistent with the story” the mom informed.

[Image via Georgia Bureau of Investigation]

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