The child was identified as 5-year-old Cairo Jordan from Georgia.
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Author: WTHR.com staff
Published: 4:25 PM EDT October 25, 2022
Updated: 10:59 AM EDT October 26, 2022
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana State Police announced the arrest of one woman, and a warrant for the mother of a little boy whose body was found in a suitcase in rural Washington County in April.
"It's a bittersweet day," said Sgt. Carey Huls, Indiana State Police.
There were no matches to any missing children reports for police to work off of on the case. There were thousands of tips, but unfortunately none of them panned out.
An autopsy did not find any signs of physical trauma.
"No crime scene evidence technologies were spared," Huls said about the investigation.
As a result of physical evidence, ISP detectives were able to identify two suspects and the little boy found dead.
Two felony arrest warrants were issued for Dawn Elaine Coleman, 40, of Louisiana and 37-year-old Dejuane Ludie Anderson, of Atlanta, who is the mother's child.
Coleman was arrested in recent days in San Francisco, California. Police are still trying to locate Anderson.
The child was identified as 5-year-old Cairo Jordan. He was never reported to authorities as a missing child. He would have turned 6 years old on Oct. 24.
"We want justice for Cairo,” Huls said.
A felony murder arrest warrant was issued for Anderson. She is currently at-large and believed to have last been in the Los Angeles area.