June 7, 2022
Michael Len Plumadore killed and dismembered Aliahna Lemmon, 9. Her remains were found in his freezer and in a dumpster at a nearby store.
At the time of Aliahna’s murder, she and her sisters were staying with Michael Plumadore, a family friend.
Their mother had the flu and their stepfather had been working nights. Plumadore had known the family for years and often watched the children.
Aliahna was standing on Plumadore’s front steps when he came behind her and struck her multiple times in the head with a brick.
He then brought her body inside his trailer and put her remains inside multiple trash bags, which he placed in his freezer.
Overnight, from December 22 to December 23, 2011, he dismembered Aliahna’s body with a hacksaw.
He then placed pieces of her remains in freezer bags and put them in a dumpster at a nearby store.
Plumadore placed Aliahna’s head, hands, and feet in his freezer.
On the evening of December 23, 2011, Tarah reported her daughter missing. Tarah had believed Aliahna was with Plumadore and learned that only her other two daughters were. A search was immediately launched but no leads were found.
Michael Plumadore was interviewed on December 24, 2011, at the ACPD.
He told officers he thought Aliahna was with her mother.
Plumadore was let go but police did not believe his story and was brought in for questioning again.
On December 26, 2011,
Plumadore confessed to murdering and dismembering Aliahna Lemmon.
Michael Plumadore was arrested and charged with murder, abuse of a corpse, and removing a body from the scene.
In order to avoid the death penalty, Plumadore pleaded guilty to the charges. A judge sentence to him to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
