Prosecutors have subpoenaed a local dentist office for Leilani Simon’s records after she was accused of murdering her son Quinton and then discarding his body in the trash.
The State of Georgia has subpoenaed a Savannah Aspen Dental for 22-year-old Simon’s dental records for any treatments she’s received between October 1 and October 5.
Her son Simon, one, was reported missing by his mother on October 5 and his remains were found in the Chatham County landfill over a month later.
Simon was supposedly high on drugs when she used an unidentified object to beat her son which caused ‘serious bodily injury’ and led to his death, prosecutors revealed in December. She reportedly met with her drug dealer right before the murder.
In addition to the dental records, prosecutors have also subpoenaed the alleged murderer’s mother Billie Jo Howell as they are seeking Simon’s journals or similar writings, Fox 28 Savannah reported.
Prosecutors have subpoenaed a local dentist office for Leilani Simon’s records after she was accused of murdering her son Quinton and then discarding his body in the trash
Simon was supposedly high on drugs when she used an unidentified object to beat her son which caused ‘serious bodily injury’ and led to his death, prosecutors revealed in December. She reportedly met with her drug dealer right before the murder
Both Aspen Dental and Howell required to appear at Chatham County Superior Court on February 13 for a status check.
Simon previously told police that her son was abducted by an intruder who broke into her Savannah home. Leilani was arrested in November but investigators haven’t disclosed the details that led to her arrest.
Leilani was indicted on 19 counts and faces charges including malice murder, felony murder, concealment of death and making false statements to police about Quinton’s death.
Leilani reported her son missing from her home on October 5, but Chatham County Police Chief believed she was the suspect since the start of the investigation, according to Fox News.
The State of Georgia has subpoenaed a Savannah Aspen Dental for 22-year-old Simon’s dental records for any treatments she’s received between October 1 and October 5
A Chatham County grand jury handed down the indictment against Leilani in December after discovering Quinton’s missing body in a Georgia landfill on November 18 – three days after Leilani was arrested.
It says that Leilani ‘did maliciously cause her son, Quinton Simon, a human being and a child under the age of 18 years, cruel and excessive physical pain… and the accused did, in the commission of this offense cause Quinton’s death,’ WJLC reports.
The indictment revealed that Leilani left her Buckhaulter house on October 4 to meet her drug dealer and left the next morning on October 5 to dump his body.
Quinton was last seen alive on October 5 by Leliani’s boyfriend, Daniel Youngkin, who saw him in a pack-n-play at 6am.
In addition to the dental records, prosecutors have also subpoenaed the alleged murderer’s journals or similar writings
Three hours later, Leilani reported Quinton missing from her home. She claimed to have woken up at 9.30am and found the door of the house open with her son gone.
‘These are the cases that keep us up at night, these are the cases that need justice,’ District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones said in a news conference in December.
‘We have the evidence to bring these charges because of the hard work of the investigators, agents and rangers who worked on this case.’
She added that the criminal investigation is ongoing, and would not disclose what evidence police have found that led to Leilani’s arrest.
Leilani was spotted with Billie Jo Betterton Howell, her mother, at Sting Ray’s, a beach bar near Tybee Island, drinking tequila about two weeks after Quinton went missing.
DailyMail.com revealed that the two were at the bar downing Patron shots for three hours.
Prior to her arrest and following weeks of media scrutiny, Leilani had checked herself into a treatment center, according to a report.
When she informed her mother that she was planning to check herself out of the program, it was Howell who made the decision to let the FBI know her daughter’s next move.
‘Her mother had to make one of the hardest decisions of her life, and call the FBI agents and let them know that she was signing herself out,’ said a family friend who has been staying with Howell since Quinton’s disappearance.
Howell was also arrested in December on Contempt of Court charges unrelated to Quinton’s case
The friend said that Howell at the request of the FBI, retrieved Leilani from the treatment center and spent the latter’s last few free hours with her.
She then took her daughter to the Savannah FBI office where she was ultimately arrested and charged with her son’s murder.
Before Quinton died, Leilani had lost child custody of Quinton for an unknown reason.
Quinton was in Howell’s custody before he went missing, but she was out of town when he disappeared.
Howell was also arrested in December on Contempt of Court charges unrelated to Quinton’s case and is now on suicide prevention watch at the Chatham County detention center after she claimed she ‘lost everything.’
Leilani’s two other children were removed from her custody a week after Quinton was reported missing.
