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The body of a missing 2-year-old Wisconsin girl was found over the weekend,two days after her mother was fatally shot— and the girl’s father is under arrest.
The body of Noelani Robinson, who’d been the subject of an AMBER Alert, was found wrapped in a blanket in a ditch March 15, around 6 p.m. about a mile north of Blooming Prairie, Minnesota. The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, which is investigating the child’s death, said the preliminary cause of her death was blunt force trauma to the head, according to a press release.
“A mom had to identify her daughter and a couple of days later her granddaughter,” Milwaukee police Lt. Eric Gulbrandson tells PEOPLE.
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Gulbrandson declined to elaborate and wouldn’t discuss the relationship between the two, stating only, “There is human trafficking involved in this case.”
Higgins was arrested March 13 at a motel in Milwaukee. He has since been charged with first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Robinson.
He has not been charged in the death of Noelani.
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The BCA said investigators executed a search warrant on Saturday at a hotel in Austin, Minnesota, where they suspect Higgins stayed in the last week.
“When, where and who killed Noelani Robinson will be determined during the course of the BCA’s investigation,” the press release states.
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Higgins is being held in Milwaukee County Jail on $1 million bail. It is unclear if he has entered a plea. His attorney could not be reached for comment.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 25.
source: people.com
