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Mother of missing Dubuque toddler charged with first degree murder
The mother of a missing Dubuque toddler has been charged with first degree murder. Tamelia Harris will appear in Dubuque County District Court tomorrow morning.
Harris had been charged with negligence after allegedly giving investigators false information about the whereabouts of the missing 20-month-old, Cecilia Denise Harris. Earlier this year, Dubuque police say they found human remains on the property where Harris lived.
Authorities say Tamelia Harris told investigators she sent Cecilia to live with her grandmother in North Carolina who later told police she hadn't seen the child.
The 32-year-old Harris later said she sent the girl to live with a friend in Davenport.
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