'Literally threw her in the trash': Prosecutors immediately seek death penalty against mom accused of stuffing her missing 2-year-old's body in duffel bag in dumpster

A 33-year-old parent successful Alabama, already accused of lying to constabulary astir her missing 2-year-old daughter, is present being charged with killing the toddler, whose assemblage she allegedly stuffed into a container and tossed successful the garbage. Adrienne Reid, who was initially arrested successful February, is present charged with 1 number each of superior execution and maltreatment of a corpse successful the slaying of Genesis Reid, authorities announced.

Enterprise Police Chief Michael Moore announced the latest ceremonial charges against Reid during a Monday quality conference.

"Today is an particularly heartbreaking time for our community. The nonaccomplishment of a child, the astir precious and guiltless members of our society, is thing that cannot beryllium ignored and volition ne'er beryllium forgotten," the main said.  "Through the cautious and methodical enactment of investigators, we person reached the heartbreaking and horrific decision that her mother, her caretaker, the 1 that should person been determination to support her safe, willfully murdered Genesis and placed her successful a duffel container and discarded her successful a dumpster."

Authorities previously charged Reid with mendacious reporting to instrumentality enforcement aft calling constabulary successful the aboriginal greeting hours of Feb. 16 and claiming she had recovered the beforehand doorway to her flat unfastened and her girl missing.

Investigators looking into the child's whereabouts said they soon identified "inconsistencies successful the accusation Reid provided, prompting a much intensive investigation."

Aided by the FBI, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, and different instrumentality enforcement entities, constabulary launched a frantic hunt for Genesis. Investigators noted that portion different household members had been "very cooperative," Reid had been elusive and evasive.

Police soon revealed that Genesis had not been seen live for "several weeks."

"We are assured that Adrienne made a mendacious study that Genesis walked retired of the flat astatine 3 a.m.," Moore told reporters during a February quality conference.

In a statement connected Monday, constabulary said it was "clear" that Genesis had not been seen since Christmas Day.

Detectives obtained footage from a neighbor's surveillance camera that they accidental showed Reid walking toward the flat analyzable dumpster with a rolling duffel container astatine astir 11:30 p.m. connected Dec. 25, 2025. Two days later, the aforesaid camera allegedly recorded Reid returning to the dumpster and disposing of respective toys and different items believed to beryllium to Genesis.

While searchers person not recovered Genesis' body, the hunt is present focused connected the Coffee County Landfill. Coffee County Sheriff Scott Byrd, who is managing the landfill search, told reporters Tuesday that investigators had mapped retired the landfill and utilized motortruck schedules and GPS information to constrictive the hunt to a 200-foot-by-100-foot country that is astir "8 to 10 feet heavy successful refuse."

Byrd explained that it "will not beryllium an casual oregon accelerated search," saying they indispensable systematically probe the portion successful a mode helium believes whitethorn instrumentality up to 3 months.

Coffee County District Attorney James Tarbox said Reid volition marque her archetypal quality earlier District Judge Josh Wilson connected the caller felony charges aboriginal this week. The authoritative besides shared that his bureau was seeking the decease punishment against Reid.

"The grounds shows that Adrienne Reid killed her daughter, virtually threw her successful the trash, and past engaged successful a 53-day run of deceit, lies, manipulation, and demolition of evidence, earlier she yet reported her missing connected Feb. 16," Tarbox said. "Her behaviour speaks for itself, and I judge this preliminary determination to question the decease punishment conforms to our community's beliefs astir this lawsuit and our shared values astir however we worth and question to support the astir guiltless among us, our children."