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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrea Blanco

Quinton Simon - update: Missing toddler’s mother seen drinking at bar as landfill search continues

Screenshot / WJCL / Facebook / Billie Jo Howell
Quinton Simon: Missing toddler's body believed to be in landfill, police say

The search for missing toddler Quinton Simon is zeroing in on a Georgia landfill nearly two weeks after he vanished.

Quinton was reported missing from his home in Savannah on the morning of 5 October.

A week later, Chatham County police announced they believe the 20-month-old is dead, and his mother, 22-year-old Leilani Simon, is considered the “prime suspect”. No arrests have been made so far.

In a grim update on Tuesday, authorities revealed that the search is now focused on a landfill where Quinton’s body is thought to have been taken after being put in a dumpster.

The FBI later released photos of dozens of investigators combing the landfill with rakes.

As the first day of the landfill search came to a close, Quinton’s mother and grandmother were seen drinking at a bar called Sting Ray’s in Tybee Island, local outlet WSAV reported.

When reached by The Independent, a Sting Ray’s staff member said: “No comment. They were here, they drank, they left.”

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