Body of missing 6-month-old baby found in east Charlotte cemetery; mother arrested

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Sunday, February 23, 2020
Body of missing 6-month-old baby found in east Charlotte cemetery
Body of missing 6-month-old baby found in east Charlotte cemetery

MATTHEWS, N.C. (WTVD) -- Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are investigating after a missing 6-month-old baby at the center of an Amber Alert was found dead early Saturday.

WSOC reported officers responded to Sharon Memorial Park just after 4 a.m. and found a deceased infant, who was later identified as 6-month-old Chi-Liam.

Authorities said Chi-Liam and his mother Tamara Brown were reported missing from the Gander Cove Lane area of Matthews around 10 p.m. Thursday.

Brown was found overnight Saturday but Chi-Liam was not with her, WSOC reported.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested Brown for robbery and assaulting government employees.

Brown and her baby were last seen noon Friday in uptown Charlotte.

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This is an ongoing investigation.