Name: Nicole “Amari” Hall.
Died: November 23, 2021.
Age at death: 8.
Cause of death: Suffocation.
Location: Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA.
Disability: Autism.
Details:
Amari went missing from a hotel where her family had been staying. Several days later, she was found dead in the woods fifteen miles away, body wrapped in trash bags, the victim of a homicide. Police who questioned her mother and her mother’s partner say their statements were inconsistent and untruthful; the two were arrested on suspicion of having caused Amari’s death.
Amari’s siblings, age 5 and 6, were removed from the home. Years later, in court, one of her siblings would testify that her mother had stuffed toilet paper into Amari’s mouth, suffocating her, and then had put her in a trunk and driven away.
Case Status:
Brittnay Hall (Mother), charged with murder, child cruelty, concealing a death, and filing a false police report.
Celeste Owen (Mother’s partner), charged with murder and child cruelty.
Sources:
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Autism Memorial: Nicole Hall
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