Lorrie Thomas has been charged with second-degree murder, child abuse, tampering with evidence, removing a dead body and welfare fraud. Authorities have connected her with the murder of her adopted daughter Shylea Myza Thomas who they found in a storage unit in Flint, Michigan, in April 2009. CNN.com: Prosecutor: Mother charged in death of quadriplegic girl (April 24, 2009)
Shylea Myza Thomas
- Age at the time of death: 9
- Resided in Flint, Michigan
- Was a quadriplegic since the age of three
- Needed to be fed through a feeding tube
- Was missing for six weeks before investigators found her body
- Found in a garbage bagDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Was adopted by Lorrie ThomasDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)
- Cause of death: malnourishmentDetroit Free Press: Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder (April 24, 2009)