Ohio mother charged with murdering two daughters found buried in suitcases near Cleveland

An Ohio parent was charged Thursday with aggravated execution aft the bodies of her 2 young daughters were recovered buried successful abstracted suitcases successful shallow graves successful Cleveland earlier this week, officials said.

Aliyah Henderson, 28, was charged with 2 counts of aggravated execution successful the deaths of Mila Chatman and Amor Wilson, constabulary told Fox News Digital.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the girls’ names and said DNA narration investigating helped place them. Mila was 8 years aged and her half-sister, Amor, was 10, the bureau said.

The aesculapian examiner’s bureau has not released a origin of death.

Nichelle Wilson, left, the grandma of 1 of the girls whose bodies were recovered earlier this week, Amor Wilson, stands with her person Sharon Hunter, right, astatine the tract wherever a memorial is now, successful Cleveland, Thursday, March 5, 2026 (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki))

The girls were discovered Monday evening aft a antheral walking his canine adjacent East 162nd Street and Midland Avenue, successful a tract adjacent Ginn Academy, recovered a partially buried suitcase and called police.

Officers responded and located a shallow sedate containing a deceased idiosyncratic wrong a suitcase. After canvassing the area, constabulary recovered a 2nd shallow sedate and different suitcase containing a 2nd body.

Mila’s father, DeShaun Chatman, said successful an interrogation with The Associated Press that investigators told him precocious Wednesday that his girl was dead.

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Mila Chatman, 8, was identified by the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office aft her assemblage was recovered buried successful a suitcase successful Cleveland earlier this week. (DeShaun Chatman via AP)

Chatman said helium had been pursuing custody of his girl for 5 years and had sought exigency custody respective times. He said helium had not seen Mila since 2020, erstwhile she was 3 years old.

He besides said helium tried locating Mila done a kid payment bureau but was incapable to due to the fact that helium did not cognize wherever she was living.

"It’s precise overmuch horrible," Chatman told the outlet.

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People sojourn a memorial astatine the tract wherever 2 girls bodies were recovered earlier this week, successful Cleveland, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

He said Mila had yet been surviving adjacent wherever the bodies were found, adding that helium felt "useless — I couldn’t prevention my baby."

"Mila was happy-go-lucky, ever smiling," Chatman said. "Favorite colour was pinkish — she swore that she was a princess. She was ever happy. She was a kid’s kid."

Law enforcement officials said they detained Henderson connected Wednesday evening. Another kid was recovered seemingly successful bully wellness wrong a location authorities searched and was placed successful the custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, officials said.

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Cleveland Police Chief Dorothy Todd said during a quality league earlier this week that the find was a "terrible, horrific situation."

"This is simply a traumatic lawsuit for our officers, for the community," she said.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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