Two people in Kentucky have been arrested in connection with an alleged murder after authorities said they believed they found the body of a 4-year-old girl who was reported missing this week but has not been seen since September.
A body believed to be Chloe Darnel was discovered and sent to the medical examiner’s office in Frankfort for an autopsy and positive identification, according to a Friday statement from the Whitley County Sheriff Department's Facebook page.
In addition to murder, Brittany Slaughter, 24, and Adam Hayes, 34, both of Williamsburg, Kentucky, are charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, according to the sheriff’s department. Slaughter had custody of Chloe, the sheriff’s department said.
In a verified GoFundMe page for Chloe, her last name is spelled differently than how it was spelled by the sheriff’s department.
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Chloe “was a bright happy child" who was met with an "unhappy ending," according to the GoFundMe account, which was organized by a family member. Slaughter is Chloe's aunt, according to the fundraiser.
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