Read BND coverage of Belleville child found dead in garage
The Belleville News-Democrat has extensive coverage of the death of 6-year-old Alysha Quate and related charges against her parents, Jason and Elizabeth Quate.
Police believe the girl was killed in Belleville and her body left in a Centreville garage for two years. Jason Quate faces nearly 40 felony charges ranging from child abuse and neglect, child sexual assault, sex trafficking of an adult and possession of child pornography. He and Elizabeth Quate also face felony charges in St. Clair County alleging they concealed Alysha Quate’s homicidal death.
Here’s a rundown of BND coverage:
▪ Mom accused in daughter’s death booked into St. Clair County jail
▪ Dad of dead Belleville girl appears before Las Vegas judge
▪ Father of dead Belleville girl faces 33 additional charges in Nevada
▪ Mother of dead Belleville girl agrees to extradition; father may face more charges
▪ Wife said she made $3,800 a month in forced prostitution for dead child’s father
▪ Girl’s dad admitted killing her and hiding body, Nevada police say
▪ ‘He killed Alysha’: Grandparents say girl choked to death after father hit her
▪ Parents of girl found dead in garage charged with concealing a homicidal death
▪ Father of girl found dead held without bail on Nevada charges, will plead not guilty
▪ Lawyer of mother in dead-child case assumed family was ‘in a car at the bottom of a lake’
▪ ‘She wanted to come out here and be a prostitute,’ says man accused of trafficking wife
▪ Couple learns one granddaughter dead, two others held captive, daughter forced into prostitution
▪ Child’s body found in garage; police believe killing happened in Belleville
▪ Video: Elizabeth Quate’s parents discuss daughter’s phone call
▪ Video: Neighbor remembers father of dead child found in garage
▪ Video: How police found out about dead child, sex trafficking
▪ Video: Girl’s body in Centreville garage leads police to Belleville house
▪ Our Viewpoint: Little girl dies, siblings held captive, no one notices
▪ Our Viewpoint: Sex trafficking turns out to be a local problem
▪ Child sex trafficking is a growing problem in Southern Illinois
This story was originally published June 20, 2017 at 1:53 PM with the headline "Read BND coverage of Belleville child found dead in garage."