Indiana police have identified a child found dead in a suitcase in southern Indiana. One woman has been arrested in the case and the child’s mother is wanted for his murder. According to WISH-TV in Indianapolis, a child was found stuffed in a suitcase about 50 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky in Southern Indiana, and there’s a connection to the Shreveport-Bossier area.
The child who was killed has been identified as Cairo Jordan, and an arrest warrant for murder was issued for his mother, Dejuane Anderson, of Atlanta, Ga. Cairo was only 5-years old.
Police say they’ve arrested a woman from Shreveport in connection with the case. 40-year-old Dawn Coleman of Shreveport was recently arrested in California with the help of the San Francisco Police Department. Police say she’ll be extradited to Indiana within 30 days. She faces charged of neglect of a dependent and obstruction of justice. Coleman is believed to have last been in the Shreveport area in 2021.