Kentucky police announced Friday that they have arrested the cousin of a missing 4-year-old girl and her boyfriend after finding what they believe to be the child’s body.
Although 4-year-old Chloe Darnell was last seen in September, relatives told police, she was not reported missing until days ago, per a Friday press release from the Whitley County Sheriff’s Department.
Brittany Slaughter, 24, had custody of the girl. Now she and 34-year-old boyfriend Adam Hayes both face charges of murder, abuse of a corpse and tampering with physical evidence, per Whitley County Detention Center records reviewed by Fox News Digital.
The condition that Darnell’s body was found in is unclear. Darnell’s body has been “sent to the state medical examiner’s office in Frankfort for an autopsy and positive identification,” per the department.
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When the department first announced their investigation on Tuesday, both Slaughter and Darnell were considered missing persons.
The next day, the department posted photos of a 2009 red Mitsubishi Lancer that “Brittney Slaughter may have been operating prior to her… disappearance.”
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That vehicle was found on Thursday, investigators wrote in an update, reporting that Slaughter’s “status and welfare [were] reported as unharmed.”
At 4:10 a.m. this morning, Slaughter was arrested and booked.
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Hayes, who was booked earlier on Thursday evening per jail records, faces additional charges of felon in possession of a firearm, possession of marijuana and trafficking in heroin. Slaughter entered the facility around 4:10 a.m. on Friday.
Additional criminal charges against both Slaughter and Hayes are pending, police said.
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Slaughter’s total bond is listed at $1.5 million; Hayes must post that amount plus $105,000 for his additional offenses for pretrial release.
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Both are scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, a court employee told Fox News Digital on Friday.
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