Missing baby boy found dead in Charlotte cemetery after mother’s arrest

Joe Marusak
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Police on Saturday found a baby boy dead in a Charlotte cemetery after his mother was arrested on unrelated charges the night before. She had refused to tell police where her son was.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said they found 6-month-old Chi-Liam Cody Brown-Erickson dead in Sharon Memorial Park on Monroe Road in southeast Charlotte about 4 a.m.

Matthews Police on Saturday reported that CMPD officers arrested the baby’s mother, 30-year-old Tamara Jernel Brown, just before 10 p.m. Friday in the Galleria Boulevard area, off Sardis Road North and Monroe Road.

Brown was arrested on charges of common law robbery and assault on a government official.

The baby was not with Brown at the time of her arrest.

Earlier Friday night, Matthews Police issued a news release asking for help in finding the baby and his mother.

At 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Matthews police sent an Amber Alert for Chi-Liam, saying he’d last been seen with his mother at their home in the 1800 block Gander Cove Lane in Matthews.

Matthews Police on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, issued an emergency alert for a missing Charlotte area baby boy after his mom was arrested on robbery and assault charges. Police sent an Amber Alert at 8:30 a.m. for 6-month-old Chi-Liam Brown-Erickson.
Matthews Police on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2020, issued an emergency alert for a missing Charlotte area baby boy after his mom was arrested on robbery and assault charges. Police sent an Amber Alert at 8:30 a.m. for 6-month-old Chi-Liam Brown-Erickson.

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