Devarion Gross 20 month old Murdered 11/2008 NC
911 tape released in toddler death Tuesday, December 09, 2008 GARNER (WTVD) -- Garner Police Tuesday released a 911 call of woman reporting the discovery of a toddler found dead inside his home. The body of 20-month-old Devarion Gross was found last month, stuffed inside a sealed bag, inside a Garner townhouse. In the call, a woman described as Gross's grandmother tells the dispatcher what happened. CALLER: "Well, we just found the body of a baby, my grandson." 911: "You just found your grandson?" CALLER: "Yes, he's dead." 911: "Do you think the baby is beyond any help?" CALLER: "Sir, the baby has been dead for about three weeks or longer." 911: "Oh lord." The grandmother also tells the dispatcher her grandson had been missing for three weeks. She also said Garner police were aware the child was missing. It remains unclear if police did know the child was missing. Devarion's mother has been questioned in the death, but so far no arrests have been made, nor the cause of death revealed. http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=6546486&rss=rss-wtvd-article-6546486

Warrant: Bleach used to mask smell of dead toddler Posted: Dec. 11, 2008 Garner, N.C. — The smell of a dead 20-month-old boy, found in a Garner apartment last month, was concealed with bleach, according to a search warrant returned last week. The body of Devarion Gross was found Nov. 14 in a sealed, white plastic garbage bag in a closet at the boy's home at 1852 Spring Drive, which he shared with his mother, Sherita McNeil, and a sister, 2. Concerned about the boy and unable to contact McNeil, family members went to the house and found the toddler's body. The plastic bag was underneath some sheets inside a plastic container, and someone had poured bleach on the sheets to mask the smell, according to the search warrant. Garner police and EMS responded to a 911 call from the home shortly after 10 p.m. McNeil and her daughter were not home, according to a previous warrant. Police later made contact with McNeil at a friend's home. Family members had not seen the child in more than a month, the warrant said. McNeil had told the family he was staying with a close friend. Investigators also found letters from McNeil and the boy's father, Eric Chambers, inside the apartment. In the letters, Chambers expressed concern over McNeil's getting rid of their son, according to the warrant. McNeil first came to authorities' attention on Nov. 3 when someone called Wake County Child Protective Services to suggest that they check on Devarion. McNeil was supposed to meet police and bring her son, but that meeting never happened. McNeil was parenting both children alone. Chambers is in prison. No charges have been filed in the case. http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/4124352/