ELBERT COUNTY, Ga. — A woman has been arrested, and a man is wanted after investigators found the remains of a nearly full-term baby buried in a wooden box on a property in north Georgia, according to the sheriff’s office.
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On Sept. 29, investigators with the Elbert County Sheriff’s Office received information that an infant had been buried on property along Jones Ferry Road several months earlier.
Investigators obtained a search warrant and worked with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to search the property.
Using witness statements, a cadaver dog, a drone and ground-probing equipment, investigators located a possible burial site. During the excavation, they found a wooden box buried several feet underground.
The box contained human remains consistent with a near full-term baby, which were sent to the medical examiner’s office, according to the sheriff’s office.
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During the investigation, authorities learned that the infant was reportedly stillborn. The baby was then wrapped in a towel and placed in a closet inside the home for a couple of days before being buried in a wooden box that had been built, investigators said.
As a result of the investigation, Audra Summerville was arrested and charged with concealing the death of another.
Warrants have also been issued for Joshua Sewell on the same charge, according to the sheriff’s office.
The investigation remains ongoing.
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