SOUTH FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — A father and his girlfriend are in custody as police work to identify a body believed to be that of a 7-year-old girl.
The search for the girl in East Point turned into a homicide investigation Thursday afternoon.
Kamaire's father told police that he last saw the child when he put her to bed Wednesday night wearing a matching polka dot pajama set. When he woke up in the morning, he told police the front door to their McClelland Avenue apartment was open and Kamaire was missing. %
"They said they searched for about an hour or so. When they didn't find her, that's when they contacted law enforcement," said Capt. Cliff Chandler.
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Three other children were inside the home at the time along with the girl's father and his live-in girlfriend.
After hours of questioning, officers arrested Kamaire Wash's father and his live-in girlfriend in connection with the girl's death.
Police are now investigating a possible connection to a body pulled from Allatoona Lake in Bartow County on Wednesday.
Police are not confirming a connection between the two cases but a Bartow County investigator showed up at East Point police to talk about the case Thursday afternoon.
After a conversation between the two agencies and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, police announced Kamaire's disappearance as a homicide investigation and took the father and his girlfriend into custody.