Father Kept Daughter's Body In Suitcase In NJ For Months: Reports

JERSEY CITY, NJ — A father charged with dumping the body of his daughter on train tracks reportedly kept the girl's body for months before bringing it from Virginia to New Jersey.

Travis Plummer, 37, of Richmond, Va., allegedly took his daughter, Te'Myah, 2, from her mother in August 2017, eight months before her body was found in New Jersey. Prosecutors say Plummer wrapped up her decomposing body and left it inside a suitcase in a friend's Jersey City home, starting in October, NJ.com reported.

Jersey City police went to the home in March searching for the girl, and say Plummer ran out the back of the home. They say Plummer went back to the house, grabbed the suitcase and left it near the Tonnelle Ave Bridge, where it sat for a month before PATH workers found it.

Detectives working on the scene were reportedly "rattled" by the discovery, NBC reported, with even the most veteran investigators affected.

Richmond, Virginia Police had been searching for Te'Myah and her father for months. A month before her body was found, investigators there said they did not believe the two were in danger.

Plummer faces charges for improper disposal of human remains. He has pleaded not guilty, and was denied bail, News 12 NJ reported.

Richmond police photo