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Alabama Mother Charged With Capital Murder in Toddler’s Death as Targeted Landfill Search Is Prepared

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty.

Overview

  • Enterprise police said Adrienne Reid killed 2-year-old Genesis, placed her in a duffel bag, and discarded the bag in an apartment complex dumpster.
  • Surveillance footage shows Reid pulling a rolling duffel to the dumpster on Christmas night and returning two days later carrying toys believed to be the child’s.
  • Investigators are preparing a focused Coffee County Landfill search using truck schedules, mapping, and GPS data to narrow a zone to roughly 200 by 100 feet and up to 10 feet deep, with specialists from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children assisting.
  • Officials warned the excavation will be slow because the trash was compacted and transferred multiple times, and they estimate the search could take 10 weeks or longer.
  • Reid reported Genesis missing on Feb. 16 and was arrested for false reporting the next day; she remains in custody, is expected in court later this week, and the district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty.