Overview
- Investigators recovered Nnakai Pratt’s body Tuesday evening near the Riverdale complex, and the medical examiner confirmed the identity while the precise recovery location reported by outlets remains inconsistent.
- Antonio Pearce was charged Wednesday with murder and related counts including concealing a death, tampering with evidence, child cruelty, aggravated assault and battery, and falsely reporting a crime.
- Pearce’s bond was denied after a judge cited contradictory statements to police; he had been detained earlier on unrelated drug, traffic, and child-restraint charges and later accused of making false statements.
- CBS News reports Necolette Pratt was booked on obstruction, false statements, and party to the commission of a crime, and the infant’s twin sibling has been placed in state custody during the investigation.
- Police say Pearce initially claimed armed robbers took the child, alleging cash and marijuana were stolen, but detectives cited inconsistent accounts and evidence of foul play following a multiday search with K-9 and cadaver dogs.