Slain boy’s mother accused of hoax
A mother’s report that her 5-year-old son was asleep in the back of a car when it was stolen was a hoax, and her boyfriend was charged in Gadsden with killing the boy, authorities said.
The body of Geontae Glass and the car that was reported stolen were found in a garage at a house in rural Etowah County, Sheriff James Hayes said.
Shalinda Glass, 25, of Rainbow City was charged with hindering prosecution, and her boyfriend Kevin Andre Towles, who is believed to own the house where the body was found, was charged with capital murder. They were both being held in the Etowah County jail.
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