DETAILS: Mother Allegedly Burnt, Buried Daughter Near Lake in West Virginia
Investigators found the daughter’s remains in a shallow grave and recovered bloodstains, a burned tarp and a matching phone, police said.
- West Virginia State Police charged 50-year-old Staci Leann Wind with first-degree murder in the death of her 26-year-old daughter, Ayla Wind, arresting her on Saturday, May 23, at a home on Riverside Drive in Richwood.
- Troopers discovered human remains in a shallow grave near Summit Lake in Greenbrier County on Friday, May 22, four days after Staci Wind reported her daughter missing to the Richwood Police Department on Monday, May 18.
- Investigators found two ferns atop the grave and Ayla Wind's cell phone in a nearby burn site; bloody handprints and a cut-up, bloodstained mattress were discovered inside the home.
- Staci Wind is held without bail in the Central Regional Jail while a preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Thursday in Nicholas County Magistrate Court.
- The investigation into the 26-year-old woman's death continues as authorities analyze evidence collected from the home and Staci Wind's GMC Sierra, with no additional details released regarding the circumstances.
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West Virginia woman texts mom plans to get snacks. Then cops discover a shallow grave, and now mom's been arrested
A West Virginia mother is in custody after her 26-year-old daughter disappeared. Four days later, investigators found her daughter in a shallow grave. Her mother is now charged with murder. According to the West Virginia State Police, it all started when 50-year-old Staci Wind reported her daughter, Ayla Wind, who investigators later found dead, missing on May 18 in Richwood, West Virginia, a small city in Nicholas County. According to local new…
State Police reveal more information in grisly mother-daughter murder
SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — A criminal complaint filed in Nicholas County Magistrate Court detailed the discovery of a set of human remains believed to belong to a woman who had been reported missing by her mother. Staci Wind (WVRJA) Staci Wind, 50, of Richwood, filed a missing persons report with the Richwood Police Department on Monday, May 18. Wind claimed her daughter, Ayla Wind, 26, had been missing since Friday, May 15. The missing persons case …
Mother allegedly burnt, buried daughter near lake in West Virginia
After the West Virginia State Police revealed over the weekend that the mother of a missing woman had been arrested and charged with her murder, 12 News has obtained more information as to how law enforcement pieced her case together.
DETAILS: Mother allegedly burnt, buried daughter near lake in West Virginia
After the West Virginia State Police revealed over the weekend that the mother of a missing woman had been arrested and charged with her murder, 12 News has obtained more information as to how law enforcement pieced her case together.
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