Decomposing body of child found in Metro East garage after woman calls police

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CENTREVILLE, IL (Carolyn P. Smith – Belleville News-Democrat.  Please click link above for the full story.  Here is an excerpt below.

Police on Tuesday were investigating the discovery of a child’s decomposed body in a garage in Centreville.

St. Clair County authorities received a phone call from Las Vegas police about a woman telling them where to find her “baby.”

The “baby” turned out to be the body of a 7-year-old child in a detached garage.

The child’s gender wasn’t immediately known because the body was badly decomposed, St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr.

UPDATE:  KMOV-TV is reporting that the father of the child has been arrested on sex trafficking charges.

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