A Kentucky couple has been arrested after authorities discovered human remains inside a tote bag in a storage locker while searching for a missing girl.
Cheyanne Porter, 27, and Jose Gomez-Alvarez, 31, were each charged with tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, the Daviess County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday in a news release.
Deputies learned of the missing girl from a caller who reported that they had not seen one of the children who was in the care of Porter and Gomez-Alvarez for some time. "The caller stated that [Porter and Gomez-Alvarez] had different excuses as to why this child was never with the other children and believed something may have happened to the child," the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators determined the child had not been reported missing and subsequently filled a missing persons report. Cheyanne Porter, 27, and Jose Gomez-Alvarez, 31, were arrested on charges of tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse. (Daviess County Detention Center) On Monday, authorities said deputies received information that led them to a storage facility in Owensboro, where a locker in Porter’s name was found.
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