The September deaths of a Mississippi woman and her toddler daughter, whose bodies were discovered in Alabama, were ruled murder-suicide.
Shardee McGill, 32, and Janae McGill, three, were reported missing on Tuesday, September 23.
According to Jackson Police Department spokesman Tommie Brown, Jonathan McGill called police at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday night to report his wife and daughter missing.
He informed officers that his wife and daughter had left home Sunday night and that he had not heard from them since.
Jackson police, the FBI, the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, and Alabama’s State Bureau of Investigation all conducted extensive searches.
Shardee McGill’s black Chevrolet Equinox was subsequently discovered in Epes. The vehicle wasn’t inhabited.
Brown stated that Jonathan McGill was held and questioned in Alabama before being released.
McGill’s body was discovered Thursday morning, Sept. 25, in a small body of water in the Tombigbee River near the Sumter County community of Epes, according to Sumter County Coroner Sonya Jemison.
Janae’s body was also found in the Tombigbee the next day.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Sgt. Reginal King confirmed on Thursday that drowning was the cause of both deaths.
McGill’s death was ruled to be a suicide, whereas Janae’s was a homicide.
“Over the course of the investigation, the determination has been made that there are no additional suspects involved,” Mr. King said.