A community in Cecil County said it was "disturbing" when they learned the body of a young child was found in their backyard as police searched for a missing Nola Dinkins.

An Amber Alert issued for 3-year-old Nola Dinkins in New Castle County, Delaware, has been canceled, and the case is now being investigated as a homicide, police said. New Castle County Police said Wednesday that investigators determined the initial account of an abduction given by Dinkins' mother was false.

Two people were arrested in connection with a missing child who was identified in a since-canceled Amber Alert in Delaware, police said.

Police in Newark, Delaware issued an Amber Alert after Darrian Randle reported that an armed man had kidnapped her daughter.

A Maryland mother was arrested and charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter after lying to police about the child's abduction, officials said.

A Maryland couple is accused of killing a toddler and attempting to hide her body before a false Delaware Amber Alert sparked an investigation.

A Maryland mother who falsely reported her 3-year-old daughter was kidnapped has been arrested and charged with the child’s murder.

Darrian Randle, 31, was initially arrested for false reporting after she claimed her daughter had been abducted.

After an aborted Amber alert and the discovery of human remains, a Maryland mom has been charged with the murder of 3-year-old Nola Dinkins.