Overview

• Authorities recovered the body of 3-year-old Janae McGill in Alabama near the site where her mother, Shardee McGill, was found earlier this week.
• Shardee McGill’s remains were discovered in a shallow body of water in Epes, Sumter County, according to the county coroner.
• Interim Jackson Police Chief Tyree Jones said Janae’s cause of death is unknown and will be determined by autopsy.
• Johnathan McGill reported his wife and daughter missing on September 23; he traveled to Alabama, was detained and questioned by authorities, and was later released.
• Investigators previously located the family’s unoccupied 2017 black Chevrolet Equinox in Epes, and police ask anyone with information to contact JPD at 601-960-1234 or Crime Stoppers at 601-355-TIPS (8477).