Body Found After Serach For 3-Yr-Old Nola Dinkins, Mother Charged | Crime Alert 8AM 06.12.25

On Wednesday, the Maryland State Police announced via a Facebook update that a body has been found in Cecil County as part of the investigation into the homicide of Nola Dinkins. They are currently awaiting confirmation of the identity. Nicole Partin reporting. 

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I'm Nicole Pardon. On Wednesday, the Maryland State Police announced
via Facebook that a body has been found in Cecil
County as part of the investigation into the homicide of
little Nola Dinkins. They are currently awaiting confirmation of the identity. Meanwhile,
Delaware authorities have reclassified the case of the missing three

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year old girl, initially the subject of an Amber alert,
as now a homicide investigation. During a press briefing on
Wednesday reported by the Fox affiliate WTTG in Washington, d C,
Sergeant Andrea Bottersbudge, spokesperson for the Newcastle County Police Department,
provided details regarding the Amber alert that was issued for

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Nola Dinkins on Tuesday. Detectives determined that the initial account
of the investigation or of the incident given by the
mother was false. The Amber alert is now canceled and
there's no danger to the public. The police revealed that
Nolah's mother, whose identity has not been disclosed, fabricated a
story about her daughter's abduction when she reported her missing

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at approximately seven point fifteen pm on Tuesday night, less
than a day after the Amber alert was activated, authorities
announced its cancelation. According to Bottersbush's statement, Nola's mother initially
claimed that she had stopped her vehicle in front of
an apartment complex in Newark, Delaware. She alleged that while
trying to calm Nola, a white male stranger approached them

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and threatened her with a firearm. The mother reported that
the man forcibly took her daughter, fleeing in a dark
suv driven by a white female. Throughout the night, the
Newcastle Police Department's Criminal Investigation Unit, along with the FBI,
conducted extensive searches for little Nola. Ultimately, the police determined
that the mother's account of the kidnapping was false, and

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the case was subsequently classified as a homicide investigation by
the Maryland State Police. Both Nola and her mother our
residence of Maryland. Botters Bush did not entertain questions during
her press conference and has yet to respond to inquiries
regarding the evidence that led to the homicide investigation. Authorities

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have not disclosed any suspects or specific evidence related to
the case for Crime and Justice News after this. In Kansas,
an eighteen year old has been charged with murder. Even
the law enforcement has yet to track him down. Jaden
Watts is alleged to have shot twenty four year old

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Demark Burgess multiple times on March twenty two, following a
confrontation that escalated into violence, as reported by the Wichita
Police Department. Tragically, Burgess succumbed to his injuries later that
day at a nearby hospital, while Watts vanished. On June three,
the District Attorney's Office for the eighteenth Judicial District in

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Kansas officially filed charges against Watts. According to documents, Watts
is a charge of second degree murder. Additionally, another individual,
Triallen Ross, has been charged with tampering with evidence and
illegal possession of a firearm Due to his felony status,
The charges against Watts came shortly after the Wichita Police

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issued a felony arrest warrant for him in connection to
the shooting. At that time, police stated Jaden is wanted
for questioning related to the case and may have valuable information.
They urged anyone who might know his location to immediately
call nine to one one. A few days later, the
police reiterated their appeal for information, saying the Wichita Police

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Department is actively searching for Jaden Watts, we encourage anyone
with knowledge on his whereabouts to get in touch with investigators.
This message was broadcast across all their social media channels.
More than six weeks have passed since the announcement, yet
Watts remains elusive to authorities.

Speaker 1 (03:56):
How could a beautiful, young first grade teacher be stabbed
twenty times, including in the back, allegedly die of suicide? Yes,
that was the medical examiner's official ruling after a closed
door meeting. He first named it a homicide. Why what
happened to Ellen Greenberg? A huge American miscarriage of justice.

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For an in depth look at the facts, see what
Happened to Ellen? On Amazon. All proceeds to the National
Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

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I'm Nicol Partin