Detroit mom charged with killing young son, burying body in backyard

A Detroit pistillate who authorities accidental killed her 9-year-old son, buried his assemblage successful her backyard, and past moved to different authorities has been charged with execution and related crimes, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

Brandee Katrice Pierce, 41, is accused of smothering Zemar King to decease past October, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said astatine a property league Wednesday erstwhile announcing the charges.

According to Worthy, Pierce bound her lad “by tying his hands and feet together,” enactment his dormant assemblage successful a spread successful the backyard of the rental location wherever she lived astatine the time, and past “covered him with dirt.”

The remains of the lad were lone located earlier this year aft the proprietor of the location contacted constabulary to accidental that helium had “found a shallow grave” successful the backyard of the house, which helium was preparing for a caller tenant.

When investigators arrived astatine the scene, they saw that “a quality ft was sticking retired of the ground.” A multi-agency probe aboriginal determined that the ft belonged to Zemar.

Prosecutors allege that aft sidesplitting her son, Pierce moved to Georgia with her different child, a 3-year-old son. Pierce was arrested successful Georgia connected Jan. 10 successful an unrelated case, tribunal records show.

Worthy said her bureau has already requested her extradition to Wayne County to look charges of first-degree premeditated murder, first-degree felony murder, first-degree kid abuse, tampering with grounds and concealing oregon interfering successful a death.

“I person stood astatine this podium many, galore times and talked astir however horrific, tragic and shocking definite cases are, each clip reasoning determination could beryllium aboriginal alleged facts that could beryllium worse than what I’m talking astir astatine the time,” Worthy told reporters connected Wednesday. “Well, that time has travel — again.”

Todd Bettison, Detroit’s interim constabulary chief, echoed Worthy’s sentiments.

“This lawsuit is alternatively shocking,” Bettison said astatine the briefing. “In my 27-year career, I don’t retrieve seeing thing similar this.”

With News Wire Services