9/10/1982 Arkansas
On the night of Sept. 10, 1982, 12-year-old Carmeletta Green crawled into bed with her two sisters. Her mother was working the night shift. When her mom returned home, Carmeletta was gone.
Chapter 1: LOSING 'LETTA -
Chapter 1: A mother’s nightmare Children crawl into bed, by morning one is gone
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/06/losing-letta-chapter-1-mothers-nightmare-20091206/Chapter 2: A mother’s certainty
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/07/losing-letta-chapter-2-mothers-certainty-20091207/Chapter 3: A lack of evidence stalls case
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/08/losing-letta-chapter-3-lack-evidence-stal-20091208/Chapter 4: A skeleton offers hope
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/09/losing-letta-chapter-4-skeleton-offers-ho-20091209/Chapter 5: A brother’s quest
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/10/losing-letta-chapter-5-brothers-quest-20091210/Chapter 6: A matter of conscience
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/dec/11/losing-letta-chapter-6-matter-conscience-20091211/27 years later, the lab received the FBI results on Nov. 30, 2009.
The bones were Carmeletta’s after all.
Moore told Jackie the next morning.
Though she’d had 27 years to prepare for that moment, his words hit Jackie like a punch in the stomach.
Her baby ’Letta was dead.
EPILOGUE
Police have officially classified Carmeletta’s case as a homicide, and Moore is actively pursuing leads.
Channell is working to figure out what went wrong with the 2002 test. He also is reviewing the dozen or so other mitochondrial DNA tests the lab conducted during the brief period it used the tool to identify remains.
Jackie has planned a memorial service for Carmeletta for 11 a.m. Saturday at NewJerusalem Missionary Baptist Church, 1400 S. Cross St., Little Rock.