Sheriff Says 4-Year-Old Javeayah Harris's Full Remains Unlikely to Be Found After Evidence Destruction
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Updated · WIS News 10 · Jul 9
Sheriff Says 4-Year-Old Javeayah Harris's Full Remains Unlikely to Be Found After Evidence Destruction
3 articles · Updated · WIS News 10 · Jul 9
Summary
Aiken County Sheriff Marty Sawyer said it is unlikely all of 4-year-old Javeayah Harris’s remains will ever be recovered after investigators uncovered extensive efforts to destroy and conceal evidence.
Corrosive chemicals and other tools were allegedly used by her parents, Michilae Herring and Johnmarea Harris, after the girl was killed, and the remaining material was then poured into Cedar Creek Reservoir in Fairfield County, Sawyer said.
Some remains were recovered from the reservoir, and DNA analysis found they were consistent with being the biological offspring of Herring and Harris.
Sawyer said investigators believe Javeayah had been dead for about a month before Herring reported her missing on June 30, and he said both parents will face additional charges for destruction and desecration of human remains.