Police Believe Missing 5-Year-Old Girl Is Dead After Mother’s Body Found in Apartment

Nevaeh Lashy Adams, 5, went missing in Sumter, South Carolina as her mother was found dead. Sumter Police Department

SUMTER, South Carolina—Police said they now think a missing 5-year-old girl in South Carolina was killed the same time as her mother.

Sumter Police spokeswoman Tonyia McGirt said on Tuesday, Aug. 6 that 28-year-old Daunte Maurice Johnson is trying to help police find 5-year-old Nevaeh Lashy Adams’s body.