The deaths of a Mississippi woman and her 3-year-old daughter, found more than 100 miles away in an Alabama river, have been ruled a murder-suicide.
The bodies of Shardee McGill, 32, and her daughter, Janae McGill, were recovered from the Tombigbee River in late September following an intensive multi-state search. On Thursday, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) spokesperson Sgt. Reginal King confirmed that both died by drowning. Shardee McGill’s death has been ruled a suicide, while Janae’s death was ruled a homicide.
The case began on Tuesday, Sept. 23, when Johnathan McGill reported his wife and daughter missing to the Jackson Police Department. He informed officers that the pair had left their home the previous Sunday night and had not been heard from since…