A family friend is detailing the dramatic final hours before Georgia mom Leilani Simon was arrested for the murder of her toddler son– including her “last free meal” together with her own mother.
Simon, 22, was arrested on Monday after police announced they found stays believed to be those of her son, Quinton, 20 months, in a landfill on Friday.
Chatting with WTOC by phone on Tuesday, Simon’s mother, Billie Howell, was too emotional to debate the case and handed the phone to a family friend. The friend, who has not been identified, told the outlet that Simon checked herself into rehab within the weeks before her arrest.
When Howell heard that Simon was leaving the power, she “needed to make one among the toughest decisions of her life, and call the FBI agents and allow them to know that she was signing herself out…and that she was going to be a flight risk.”
On the FBI’s request, Howell picked Simon up from the treatment center herself.
“They asked her to purchase a while. So, she went and picked up Leilani’s belongings from one other center, after which she took Leilani to have her last free meal,” the friend explained.
The pair then went to the FBI office in Savannah, where Simon was arrested a couple of hours later.
Simon’s arrest marked the most recent development within the extensive investigation that began when she reported Quinton missing from the family’s home on Oct. 5. Days later, police confirmed that they believed the toddler was dead, and that Simon– who has two other young children– was the prime suspect.
As of Tuesday, she is charged with murder, concealing the death of one other, making a false crime report, and making false statements.
“We wish justice served for this precious baby, regardless of what it’s, regardless of who it’s,” the family friend said. “At the tip of the day, all of the protestors and the family all wanted the identical thing.”
Diana McCarta, Quinton’s longtime babysitter, was emotional about Simon’s arrest. McCarta was set to babysit the toddler the day he disappeared, but received an early morning text from Simon telling her not to return.
“You wonder what he needed to endure from the time that he left my house, to the morning after I got the text,” she told WTOC. “I can’t even imagine and I don’t need to give it some thought since it drives me crazy.
“I just don’t understand how any mother could hurt their child. I don’t know what could possibly be going through their head for them to harm their child. I’m comfortable that justice goes to be served, because Quinton needs that.”
A family friend is detailing the dramatic final hours before Georgia mom Leilani Simon was arrested for the murder of her toddler son– including her “last free meal” together with her own mother.
Simon, 22, was arrested on Monday after police announced they found stays believed to be those of her son, Quinton, 20 months, in a landfill on Friday.
Chatting with WTOC by phone on Tuesday, Simon’s mother, Billie Howell, was too emotional to debate the case and handed the phone to a family friend. The friend, who has not been identified, told the outlet that Simon checked herself into rehab within the weeks before her arrest.
When Howell heard that Simon was leaving the power, she “needed to make one among the toughest decisions of her life, and call the FBI agents and allow them to know that she was signing herself out…and that she was going to be a flight risk.”
On the FBI’s request, Howell picked Simon up from the treatment center herself.
“They asked her to purchase a while. So, she went and picked up Leilani’s belongings from one other center, after which she took Leilani to have her last free meal,” the friend explained.
The pair then went to the FBI office in Savannah, where Simon was arrested a couple of hours later.
Simon’s arrest marked the most recent development within the extensive investigation that began when she reported Quinton missing from the family’s home on Oct. 5. Days later, police confirmed that they believed the toddler was dead, and that Simon– who has two other young children– was the prime suspect.
As of Tuesday, she is charged with murder, concealing the death of one other, making a false crime report, and making false statements.
“We wish justice served for this precious baby, regardless of what it’s, regardless of who it’s,” the family friend said. “At the tip of the day, all of the protestors and the family all wanted the identical thing.”
Diana McCarta, Quinton’s longtime babysitter, was emotional about Simon’s arrest. McCarta was set to babysit the toddler the day he disappeared, but received an early morning text from Simon telling her not to return.
“You wonder what he needed to endure from the time that he left my house, to the morning after I got the text,” she told WTOC. “I can’t even imagine and I don’t need to give it some thought since it drives me crazy.
“I just don’t understand how any mother could hurt their child. I don’t know what could possibly be going through their head for them to harm their child. I’m comfortable that justice goes to be served, because Quinton needs that.”
