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A jury on Friday found Leilani Simon guilty of all 19 charges
against her in the death of her son, Quinton Simon, local news
outlets reported. That includes counts of malice murder, felony
murder, concealing the death of another and making false
statements.
The jury heard eight days of witness testimony and began
deliberating Thursday, news outlets reported. They deliberated
for about two hours that afternoon before breaking for the day.
Jurors resumed their deliberations around 9:30 Friday morning
and their unanimous verdict was announced at 2:30 p.m.
Simon called 911 the morning of Oct. 5, 2022, to report her son
was missing from his indoor playpen at their home outside
Savannah. After police spent days searching the home and
surrounding neighborhood, Chatham County Police Chief Jeff
Hadley said that investigators believed the child was dead. He
also named Simon as the sole suspect.
Police and FBI agents focused their investigation on a landfill
two weeks after the boy was reported missing. They sifted
through trash for more than a month before finding human bones,
which DNA tests confirmed belonged to Quinton.
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