OH - 2 Juvenile Black Females Found Deceased (Homicide) in Ohio Park, Cleveland, 3/2/2026

[Gemmie]

Moo..there was one healthy child in her custody. So different father...I would guess...moo

Likely. The 2 deceased had different fathers as they were step-sisters. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a 3rd father in the mix. The only good thing in this case is there weren't 3 deceased children. I wonder how old the 3rd one was.

 

[Mack the Knife]

“I’ve been looking for my daughter for five years. I’ve been calling CPS, going to the courts, trying to get emergency custody, calling the police for welfare checks. But they denied all access,” Chatman alleged.

According to Chatman, the little girl’s mother had been avoiding him and moving around a lot. The last time he said he saw her was when he helped buy clothes for kindergarten.

Man who claims girl found in suitcase is his daughter says he begged courts and CPS for help

19 News spoke with a man who claims he is the father of one of the two little girls found dead and buried in suitcases in Cleveland.

www.cleveland19.com

(Snipped by me)

How do two little school-aged girls get lost like this all while staying in Cleveland? They were found in Cleveland. The clinic from the article is in Cleveland. I think we can also guess that grandma is/was local too, since she was at the clinic and wearing scrubs (I.e. not clothes you’d wear if just visiting). It seems incredibly likely to me that they were on some form of government assistance, given the context of that clinic’s mission, so they should have been well documented in the system. This doesn’t seem to be a case of a family flying under the radar because they kept changing jurisdictions.

It is not common for a parent to be denied all rights to see their child—not even supervised visitation? The system should have known if these girls were being “homeschooled” or were truant.

 

[Muddy K]

I am just never, ever going to be able to get it, people who come to believe their children are expendable, inconvenient, whatever it is, and dispose of them like trash.

JMO, get a grip of yourself and don't have kids. Be selfish; it's okay.

As ever, I go right to the girls, their loneliness, their fear, their powerlessness, and, perhaps worst of all, having to realize - and just because they were young doesn't mean they didn't - that they were unwanted, unloved and done for. All they had was each other. I can't stand it.

I am grateful LE have moved so fast here.

 

[Queen of the Winter Night]

Has "homeschooling" struck yet again? Will the homeschooling community, of which my family has been part of since the early 1990s, ever come together to make sure nefarious criminals like this stop abusing the good name of homeschooling to do their dirty deeds? Only time will tell. So far they fight to keep the status quo......

 

[MollyHarps]

Such a sad case - such beautiful girls.

credit where it’s due for Law Enforcement they got this case moving rapidly!

 

[Gemmie]

I am just never, ever going to be able to get it, people who come to believe their children are expendable, inconvenient, whatever it is, and dispose of them like trash.

JMO, get a grip of yourself and don't have kids. Be selfish; it's okay.

IMO they weren't planned. But to your point... if you don't want them then do something to NOT get pregnant in the first place. I mean, c'mon... doesn't everyone know how kids are "made"? There ain't no stork dropping them off!!

As ever, I go right to the girls, their loneliness, their fear, their powerlessness, and, perhaps worst of all, having to realize - and just because they were young doesn't mean they didn't - that they were unwanted, unloved and done for. All they had was each other. I can't stand it.

I am grateful LE have moved so fast here.

I agree. This case is moving at lightning speed. Found, arrested, man claiming to be one of the father's makes an appearance with his story. All in what? A few days? Wish all cases were a slam dunk like this one seems to be.

JMO!

 

[sds71]

I wonder how old the 3rd one was.

Grandma has a pic on FB

 

[Betty P]

(Snipped by me)

How do two little school-aged girls get lost like this all while staying in Cleveland? They were found in Cleveland. The clinic from the article is in Cleveland. I think we can also guess that grandma is/was local too, since she was at the clinic and wearing scrubs (I.e. not clothes you’d wear if just visiting). It seems incredibly likely to me that they were on some form of government assistance, given the context of that clinic’s mission, so they should have been well documented in the system. This doesn’t seem to be a case of a family flying under the radar because they kept changing jurisdictions.

It is not common for a parent to be denied all rights to see their child—not even supervised visitation? The system should have known if these girls were being “homeschooled” or were truant.

Ohio doesn't fund schools very well. They recently passed a law that requires public school districts to give part of their budget to parochial and charter schools, so most are struggling to even pay for school buses.

We who follow these sad cases here at Websleuths know that at risk children are often lost outside the system when abusive parents "home school" them. States need to give extra funds to local districts to help keep track of these home schooled children to make sure they're being taught and have healthy home environments.

 

[Gemmie]

A little about Mila from the man who is saying he's her father:

"Mila was happy-go-lucky, always smiling," Chatman said. "Favorite color was pink — she swore that she was a princess. She was always happy. She was a kid's kid."

Mother of 2 girls found buried in suitcases charged with murder

The mother of two young girls who were found inside suitcases and buried in shallow graves was charged with aggravated murder on Thursday, police said.

www.fox13news.com

 

[tlcya]

Ohio doesn't fund schools very well. They recently passed a law that requires public school districts to give part of their budget to parochial and charter schools, so most are struggling to even pay for school buses.

We who follow these sad cases here at Websleuths know that at risk children are often lost outside the system when abusive parents "home school" them. States need to give extra funds to local districts to help keep track of these home schooled children to make sure they're being taught and have healthy home environments.

Well, if the man claiming to be one of the girls fathers is to be believed, the mother kept moving and kept changing her phone number so how was any school They were attending supposedto track them down when they just stopped showing up one day.? even if best case scenario, the school reported it to CPS and LE how would those agencies find the family if they moved as much as they are said to have?

 

[Betty P]

Well, if the man claiming to be one of the girls fathers is to be believed, the mother kept moving and kept changing her phone number so how was any school They were attending supposedto track them down when they just stopped showing up one day.? even if best case scenario, the school reported it to CPS and LE how would those agencies find the family if they moved as much as they are said to have?

That would also make it difficult, if she was moving so frequently.

 

[Caylee Advocate]

These crimes never get any easier with my emotions being put on full display. I love all these kiddos to the moon and back. So, so heartbreaking!!!

Mother of 2 girls found in shallow graves in Cleveland charged with murder

The mother of two girls found buried inside suitcases in Cleveland was charged Thursday with two counts of murder, police said.

abc6onyourside.com

 

[Mack the Knife]

Well, if the man claiming to be one of the girls fathers is to be believed, the mother kept moving and kept changing her phone number so how was any school They were attending supposedto track them down when they just stopped showing up one day.? even if best case scenario, the school reported it to CPS and LE how would those agencies find the family if they moved as much as they are said to have?

If they were staying within the city, they would be in the same school district. If they were receiving any sort of public assistance, as I suspect they were, they would need to update their address to continue receiving assistance. If the father was aggressively pursuing wellness checks and LE could not locate them in the city, a missing persons report could be filed. If they’d previously engaged with social services, social services would be aware of a local grandma who could be asked about their whereabouts.

It’s not like they had no connections and were moving from state to state. It’s not uncommon for families with a history with social services to move around a lot; keeping track of transients is part of the job.

There’s also no indication at this point that Aaliyah was trying to avoid “the system”. It’s entirely possible that she was just trying to avoid him. In his own words, CPS, the courts, and police all denied him access to his daughter.

We really have no clue of what happened.

 

[Lebowski]

Well, if the man claiming to be one of the girls fathers is to be believed, the mother kept moving and kept changing her phone number so how was any school They were attending supposedto track them down when they just stopped showing up one day.? even if best case scenario, the school reported it to CPS and LE how would those agencies find the family if they moved as much as they are said to have?

this case is making me think of melodee buzzard

 

[Gemmie]

I've been waiting to hear what neighbors had to say. Here's one comment.

But one neighbor who asked to not be identified told FOX 8 that something seemed off this summer.

“We never see them come outside and play with other kids, like with the bouncy house we put up and nothing like that,” she said.

https://fox8.com/news/neighbors-react-after-mother-charged-with-daughters-murders-one-saying-something-seemed-off/

 

[Rikissa]

Likely. The 2 deceased had different fathers as they were step-sisters. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a 3rd father in the mix. The only good thing in this case is there weren't 3 deceased children. I wonder how old the 3rd one was.

Do the dead girls have the same mother? If so, then they are half-sisters, not step-sisters. Step-siblings don't have any parent in common, just related through parents' martiage.

 

[iamshadow21]

Do the dead girls have the same mother? If so, then they are half-sisters, not step-sisters. Step-siblings don't have any parent in common, just related through parents' martiage.

It's stated in the news article that they are half sisters. That came out from the DNA testing when they were recovered.

 

[katydid23]

Is the 3rd child, the surviving child, old enough to speak to people or to understand that their sisters were missing?

 

[sds71]

The 28-year-old Cleveland mother accused of murdering her two young daughters and burying them in suitcases in a field, will be arraigned in Cleveland Municipal Court Friday.

Aliyah Henderson is charged with two counts of aggravated murder.

19 News will stream the 8:30 a.m. arraignment live

Arraignment for Cleveland mother accused of killing 2 young daughters, burying bodies in suitcases

The 28-year-old Cleveland mother accused of murdering her two young daughters and burying them in suitcases in a field, will be arraigned in Cleveland Municipal Court Friday.

www.cleveland19.com