Mother Charged After Daughter’s Body Found In Decatur

DECATUR, GA — A body found Sunday at Misty Waters Drive was identified as a 7-year-old girl, and her mother was charged in connection with her death, DeKalb County Police said Friday.

Police said the body was found around 9 p.m. in the 2800 block of Misty Waters and belonged to Alivia Hobbs-Jordan.

Alondra Hobbs, Hobbs-Jordan's mother, was charged on suspicion of felony murder and second-degree cruelty to children, police said.

Police did not say how Hobbs-Jordan died.