Mercedes Lain Biography – Wiki
Mercedes Lain was a dead baby, an Indiana baby reported missing by her parents, who said they left her with a relative to take a break, was found dead in a heavily wooded area, authorities said. The baby’s parents have been charged and arrested after the baby’s death.
Age
Mercedes Lain has died at the age of 11-month-old.
Baby Found Dead
An Indiana baby reported missing by her parents, who said they left her with a relative to take a break, was found dead in a heavily wooded area, authorities said.
The body of 11-month-old Mercedes Lain was found Wednesday night after days of searching for her in rural northern Indiana, according to the FBI. Justin Miller, 37, was arrested and charged with negligence with a dependent that resulted in death.
In a probable cause affidavit obtained by WSBT, a Plymouth police officer wrote to Mercedes’ parents, Kenneth Lain and Tiffany Coburn, who said they left their daughter with Miller, a relative, on Friday so they “could have a break “but that he had not returned it. Sunday. Authorities have not confirmed whether the parents are related to Miller.
Her cause of death had not been determined Thursday
Parents Charged & Arrested
Lain, 41, and Coburn, 32, were charged with neglect of a dependent on Monday after refusing to cooperate in the search for the baby, while Miller, 37, was charged with neglect of a dependent who resulted in death, police said.
Miller is a family friend who has been babysitting for several days.
“The search for 11-month-old Mercedes Lain ended at approximately 9:30 p.m. in a remote, dark, and heavily forested area, ”said Marshall County Deputy Chief District Attorney Nelson Chipman.
“After several interviews, Justin Miller brought investigators to this location in Stark County,” Chipman said.
Mercedes’ parents have been charged with neglect with a dependent after police said they had not cooperated during the search for her son. According to the affidavit, both parents were difficult to find after reporting their daughter missing.
When asked if her parents knew what happened to Mercedes, Chipman said “there is no proof, no evidence whatsoever that they knew the end result.”
Investigation
On Sunday, Miller told investigators that Lain had contacted him about buying synthetic marijuana and Lain began talking about the “difficult time” he and Coburn had with Mercedes, according to the affidavit, and Miller said who offered to take care of the baby to give them a break.
But Miller’s memory of the days he cared for Mercedes “changed several times” and he told investigators that he left the baby with a woman at a motel where his parents had stayed, the affidavit says.
Marshall County Attorney Nelson Chipman later said this was false during a press conference broadcast on WXIN.
After Miller was interviewed numerous times, Chipman said Miller led investigators to Mercedes’ body in a wooded area of Starke County on Wednesday. Miller told investigators that he woke up in a home Saturday in Mishawaka, near South Bend, to find that the girl had died and he disposed of her body, WXIN reported.
