amber alert ends in tragedy

A 6 year old boy and his alleged kidnapper were found dead in a murder-suicide in Missouri. Officers found the bodies of little Markell X. Beasley and 40-year-old Demetrius Beasley, with several gunshot wounds, in a Cape Girardeau home. Markell’s mother, Michelle Gelling, allowed her son to travel with relatives of Beasley for a Christmas gathering. Although he was not the biological father, Beasely had raised Markell. An Amber Alert was issued after the 40 year old man told Gelling, that he would not return her son and “God would see Markell before she would.” To see news footage of the story, click below.

Scarlet Santana

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