ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – The Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office stated 45-year-old Teresa Ann Bailey Black, has been charged with two counts of felony homicide, two counts of cruelty to youngsters, aggravated assault, and concealing the demise of one other.

The break within the case got here when a tip was known as in from somebody who knew Teresa and William DeShawn Hamilton again in 1998 and had been looking for 6-year-old William ever since.

Ava, who most well-liked to maintain her final title non-public, says she was very shut with Teresa and William once they lived in Charlotte, North Carolina. She usually took care of William and described him as a enjoyable, witty, adventurous and clever little boy who liked to bounce.

“He liked to crack jokes,” stated Ava. “He did like to draw a lot, color, mainly read books. He didn’t want you to read to him…he wanted to read to you!”

According to investigators, Teresa left Charlotte, North Carolina with William however she returned with out him.

Investigators stated she informed completely different tales about the place William was.

After 23 years, Ava’s tip known as into the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children gave a brand new course to the investigation.

NCMEC start researching, analyzing and making an attempt to attach the items to assist investigators monitor down William’s household. With DNA work supplied by Bode Technology, William’s id was formally confirmed.

“This case is a perfect example of why we never give up hope,” stated Angeline Hartmann, Director of Communications on the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. “For more than two decades, a woman in Charlotte followed her gut feeling that something wasn’t right. She made phone calls, scoured the internet and talked to anybody who would listen. We’re grateful she never stopped until she found that rendering of William online and gave investigators the missing piece to help solve this 23-year-old mystery. A huge thank you to the Dekalb County District Attorney’s Office, the Dekalb County Medical Examiner’s Office and Dekalb County Police for their hard work that brought us here today.”

According to the Dekalb County DA’s Office, Teresa was taken into custody close to her dwelling in Phoenix, Arizona and is at present awaiting extradition to Georgia.

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