A mother was arrested nearly two years after her 5-year-old son's body was found inside a suitcase near an Indiana highway, according to reports.
Dejaune Ludie Anderson, 38, was arrested Thursday in Arcadia, Calif., on a warrant issued in October 2022 in connection to the death of her son, Cairo Jordan, NBC News reported.
A mushroom hunter found the boy's body in a suitcase covered in Las Vegas stickers in April 2022.
"It's still a sorrowful, a somber moment in the investigation," Indiana State Police Sgt. Carey Huls said at a news conference. "But it's a thing we've looked forward to and anticipated for almost two years now."
A Washington County, Indiana, judge issued the arrest warrant for Anderson in 2022 on charges of murder, neglect of a dependent resulting in death and obstruction of justice, the report said.
A warrant was also issued for Dawn Coleman. While Coleman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, Anderson remained free.
Huls said a state police detective "received information from a concerned citizen" that led to Anderson's arrest in California.
Anderson was being held in a Los Angeles jail and is expected to be extradited back to Indiana.
Cairo died from vomiting and diarrhea that led to dehydration, state police said, citing the autopsy.
The community paid for his funeral and gravesite in Indiana, Huls said.
"There's still flowers to this day that are placed at his gravesite, and people praying for him and his family," Huls said.
