A new charge has been filed against the woman accused of murdering her 5-year-old daughter and burying her body in the woods.
On September 27, 2024, an Onondaga County Grand Jury has indicted 30-year-old Latasha Mott, formally charging her with murder, and now two counts of concealment of a human corpse.
The initial concealment charge accuses Mott of dumping the body of 5-year-old Nefertiti Harris in the woods behind an apartment building on Salt Springs Road in Syracuse, New York, down the road from Le Moyne College.
The additional concealment charge filed by the grand jury and unsealed reveals new information about where Mott allegedly kept her daughter’s body before the woods.
According to reports, it reads: “Defendant moved the lifeless body of her five-year-old daughter Nefertiti Harris from their home at 127 West Beard Avenue to the basement of 123 McKinley Ave.”
While Mott awaits an arraignment on the upgraded charges, the indictment was unsealed because her boyfriend, Corrice Parks, is a co-defendant on the same indictment.
Parks is charged with concealment of a human corpse and hindering prosecution. While he’s accused of helping hide the girl’s body in the woods, he’s not accused in connection with her death.
The girl’s mom is accused of lying to family members and the school district about where her daughter was. She had been dead for three months before her absence was reported to police, triggering a search of the woods.
