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Mother of missing DC 2-month-old charged with murder

By FOX 5 Digital Team
Updated  May 14, 2021 8:59pm EDT
Washington, D.C.
FOX 5 DC

Mother of missing 2-month-old charged with murder

The mother of a missing 2-month-old in D.C. has been arrested and charged with murder.

WASHINGTON - The mother of a missing D.C. 2-month-old has been arrested on murder charges.

D.C. police say they have not found Kyon Jones' remains, but their homicide branch has taken over the investigation because of the suspicious circumstances surrounding the disappearance.

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They confirmed on Friday that Ladonia Boggs, 37, of Northeast D.C. has been taken into custody.

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The baby was reported missing last Friday, but has not been seen since the previous Wednesday.

Disturbing video shows mother of missing infant discuss circumstances surrounding disappearance

FOX 5 has obtained disturbing video recorded by an advocate for missing people showing a D.C. mother discuss the troubling circumstances surrounding the case involving a 2-month-old infant.

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D.C. police searched a landfill in Charles City County in connection with their search for the missing infant.

According to police, they have video of Boggs throwing items in a dumpster – but they have not indicated that the infant was among those items.