Cecilia Harris 20 Mths Old Missing 1 Mth,Human Remains Found At Moms

**Whisper** · July 2nd, 2010, 07:41 PM

Authorities seek help in locating missing child
JULY 1 2010
The Dubuque Police Department, Iowa Department of Human Services and the Dubuque County Attorney's Office are seeking assistance in locating Cecilia Denise Harris, 20 months old.Cecilia is a black girl, about 2 feet, 3 inches tall, 25 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Also known as "CC", she has both ears pierced and might have a cut healing on the back of her head.
Cecilia was last seen in Dubuque in early June wearing a white T-shirt, blue shorts and white sandals.
Cecilia may be in the Quad-Cities or Chicago area with a woman named Shamika (or similar first name) Davis who is approximately 28 years old.
Davis is a friend or acquaintance of Cecilia's mother, Tamilia Shonte Harris, 32, of Dubuque. Harris has been arrested and charged with neglect or abandonment of a dependent person, a class C felony. She is being held in the Dubuque County Jail pending a court appearance.
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http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/art...cc4c03286.html

Human remains found on mom's property
july 2 2010
DUBUQUE (AP) - Dubuque police say they've found what are believed to be human remains on the property where the mother of a missing 20-month-old child lived.
Tamelia Harris was charged with negligence after allegedly giving investigators false information about the whereabouts of the girl, Cecilia Denise Harris.
Further details about the remains weren't released.
Authorities say Tamelia Harris told investigators she sent Cecilia to live with her grandmother in North Carolina who later told police she hadn't seen the child.The 32-year-old Harris later said she sent the girl to live with a friend in Davenport.
At a bond hearing Thursday, Harris was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bond.
She's in custody at Dubuque County Jail.
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http://wcfcourier.com/news/local/art...cc4c002e0.html

Missing Dubuque Girl
JULY 2 2010[...]
Officers searched the home of Tamilia Harris, the girl's mother, and found what they believe to be human remains. Those remains are still being examined for identification.
Tamilia Harris is in jail, charged with Neglect or Abandonment and for giving false information about the whereabouts of the girl.
20-month-old Cecilia Denise Harris has been missing for nearly a month. Now, police are trying to determine whether the girl is with a friend of the mother.

http://www.kwqc.com/global/story.asp?s=12749611

Cecilia Harris

**Valasca** · July 2nd, 2010, 07:53 PM

She's a cutey.
So let me guess, the crib did it? mom panicked and buried her in the back yard?
die, bitch, die.

**Obsolete** · July 2nd, 2010, 07:54 PM

Missing Dubuque Girl
JULY 3 2010[...]

The date was totally throwing me for a loop, i'm not too proud to admit it took me a few minutes to catch on :)

**Whisper** · July 2nd, 2010, 08:01 PM

LOL sorry thats what the paper had I am gonna change it

**Dakota Valkyrie** · July 2nd, 2010, 08:10 PM

Nearly one month after anyone last saw the toddler, the Iowa Department of Human Services received an anonymous call that Harris sent her daughter, Cecilia, to live with someone else, according to court documents. Police soon took over the investigation. Harris told investigators that she sent her daughter to live with her grandmother, Mary Drummond, in North Carolina. When reached by police, Drummond said she hadn't seen the child.

Harris then said she sent Cecilia to live with her friend, Shamika Davis, of Davenport. No state records, including the Department of Transportation and Davenport Police, indicated anyone by that name or description. Harris could not provide the woman's contact information or address, according to court documents.

When police searched Harris' two-bedroom home, all of the child's belongings were missing, said Dubuque Assistant County Attorney Chris Corken.

"There was nothing in the house to indicate the presence of the child," she said.
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Harris has worked with DHS in the past, after a high-profile case in 2001. She left her then 5-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter alone in an upstairs apartment on Bluff Street. Her son started a fire with a lighter left by a television set. The fire spread and severely burned her daughter; the burns covered half of her body. The incident left the boy with emotional trauma and the girl with permanent loss of motor skills and disfigurement, according to a 2001 Telegraph Herald report.

Harris was charged with felony neglect in that case. She pleaded guilty, cooperated with DHS and served probation.
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Linda Harris said her daughter is a good mother, but someone looking for revenge against her called DHS with the tip.
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A single mother, Harris has seven children, including a baby born less than two weeks ago. They are all in the care of DHS, divided into several foster homes.

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=287970

**Rhoni** · July 2nd, 2010, 08:18 PM

Seriously who slept with her 7 times?

**Whisper** · July 2nd, 2010, 08:21 PM

She looks pissed that shes been caught

**thehesbomb** · July 2nd, 2010, 08:21 PM

Seriously who slept with her 7 times?

Seven really drunk guys, one time each.

**Valasca** · July 2nd, 2010, 08:54 PM

Linda Harris said her daughter is a good mother, but someone looking for revenge against her called DHS with the tip.

Oh, obviously! Because every good mother leaves small children home alone. With lighters.

**nurseronda** · July 3rd, 2010, 02:18 AM

At least the kid's body was found quicker than Casey Anthonys kid's body. Too bad they just can't bury this idiot alive.

**nurseronda** · July 3rd, 2010, 02:21 AM

Originally Posted by thehesbomb

Seven really drunk guys, one time each.

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**Dakota Valkyrie** · July 5th, 2010, 05:57 AM

Tamelia S. Harris posted frequently on her Facebook page.

The 32-year-old's last post came hours before her arrest Wednesday, when police began to search for her 20-month-old daughter, Cecilia, who is one of Tamelia's seven children and was last seen about a month ago.

"i guess when people want yo kids they will do anything to try to make that happen rather its a lie or not," Harris wrote.
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Harris posted on Facebook and played Facebook-based games multiple times per day, but there was no activity between May 18 and June 17. Cecilia was last seen in Dubuque around the beginning of June.

Harris gave birth to a child on June 20. The night before, she posted on Facebook that she feared that her son was following in his father's footsteps.

She said her oldest son was "pissing me off hanging out with these kids who parents let them do what they want and get mad cause i dont let him do the same thing ..."

In the comment thread that followed, Harris had several expletive-filled posts revealing her emotions and frustrations with events and others in her life.

"... And i got so much (expletive) build up in me girl i might kill someone so i just try to keep my cool ..."

Later, she concluded a post by writing, "... But i just try to take it a day at a time and not get angry over everything so i wont have a breakdown."

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=288125

Her Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...9646218&v=wall
Open for now and many comments....

**hotcnymom** · July 5th, 2010, 09:48 AM

Oh god...Not another Casey Anthony wanna be.

**Whisper** · July 6th, 2010, 09:34 PM

Police still investigating missing Dubuque toddler
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) - According to court documents filed this week, Dubuque resident Tamelia Harris reportedly told a social worker there was a bad accident involving her young daughter, and said she didn't have a funeral for the child.

Harris reportedly made the statement to the social worker after police found blood-spattered window blinds, bed sheets and children's scissors in her home.
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Officers say that while searching for the girl, they discovered what they believe to be the remains of a small child in Harris' yard. The remains have not been identified.

http://www.kwwl.com/global/story.asp?s=12762992

**Valasca** · July 6th, 2010, 09:37 PM

blood-spattered window blinds, bed sheets and children's scissors

Explain THAT away, gutter-whore.

**Valasca** · July 6th, 2010, 09:41 PM

Originally Posted by Dakota Valkyrie

Her Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...9646218&v=wall
Open for now and many comments....

Blink, blink.
Some of this stuff I just cannot translate.

**Nell** · July 6th, 2010, 09:57 PM

Tamelia Harris Man im so freakin tired i havnt been to sleep yet between the pain and these loud machines is pissing me off, they taking forever to tie my tubes and im so freakin thirsty and cant have nothing to drink

She got her tubes tied. Thank fucking God. I wonder what all her friends that told her what a good mom she was think now.

**Mystica43229** · July 6th, 2010, 10:06 PM

Jesus Fucking Christ!!!!!

I would like to take that smirk off of her face. I'm also glad she can't have anymore children.

That poor baby.

**Mystica43229** · July 6th, 2010, 10:09 PM

I'm wondering if a man was also involved in this killing... Just a feeling I have

**AngelFire** · July 6th, 2010, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Nell

She got her tubes tied. Thank fucking God. I wonder what all her friends that told her what a good mom she was think now.

What I would love to know is how the hell is she posting on FB, while getting her tubes tied? I couldn't even move when I had mine done. Crazy ass broad. Read her FB, you will guess the notion that she is one of those women that feels entitled to everything just cause she has 7 KIDS!!!!

**akika666** · July 6th, 2010, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by Amazon

Blink, blink.
Some of this stuff I just cannot translate.

yeah it made my head hurt!!

both because of the actual grammar and spelling, and because there are so many defenders! "NOBODI CN JUDGE!"

O RLY? i can judge. neglectful abusive mother + dead baby remains = guilty POS baby killer.

it's good to know that while my car is much shittier than most average killer/molesters, i am totally way better at Bejeweled than this bitch.

**AngelFire** · July 6th, 2010, 10:34 PM

Did anyone see this on her FB? Means shit, I know but the irony...

Tamelia Harris
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Suddenly things are coming to a head for you, Leo. The drama is escalating and you aren't sure if you can remember all your lines. Take things one step...
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Bitch, you've been served by FACEBOOK, lmao

Fucking FB, here I thought you were useless

**hotcnymom** · July 6th, 2010, 10:43 PM

It's a MAN maury!

**AngelFire** · July 6th, 2010, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by hotcnymom

It's a MAN maury!

LMAO...

**ImmortalOne** · July 7th, 2010, 07:09 PM

New baby in June? Hmmm Wonder if she is going to blame it on Pregnant emotional hormones! Yeah! That's what did it!

**Valasca** · July 22nd, 2010, 12:17 AM

It has just occured to me there have been no updates on this. I went looking. Nothing new.

**Silvahalo** · July 22nd, 2010, 01:16 AM

The remains have not been confirmed yet to be baby Cecilia Harris. The shocker would be that they are not. I'd star counting how many children she's actually birthed.

Its baby girl, no doubt. poor sweet child.

**Dakota Valkyrie** · August 27th, 2010, 03:32 PM

The child-neglect trial for Tamelia Harris has been pushed back, as police continue to wait for lab results to shed light on the apparent remains of a small child discovered in her backyard on July 1.

Harris, 32, was arrested in late June on a charge of felony child neglect or abandonment of a dependent person after police began searching for Harris' 20-month-old daughter, Cecilia.
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The body has not been identified, and police are awaiting lab results to identify the body and provide other clues about the cause and manner of death. The process could take several months. Police are waiting for the results before filing additional, if any, charges in the case.

Harris pleaded not guilty to the neglect charge. She was scheduled to go to trial on Aug. 30, but the trial has been pushed back. No new date has been set.

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=292779

Article from July:

“No, I don't think CC is alive, she is not alive,” says Lorean Durrah. “I think Tam killed CC,” says Durrah.

Lorean Durrah has known the Harris family all her life. And lately, she says, things just haven't been right.

“I went up to Tam (Tamelia) and asked her, where CC was, with some lady, some lady, I knew she was not telling the truth cause she would not give me a name or address,” recalls Durrah.

“We just wanted to know where CC was, we didn't think in a million years that she would actually be gone,” says Durrah.

Durrah and her friends confronted Tamelia saying “if we don't see CC in the next couple of days, we are going to call the cops,” says Durrah.

CC never showed up, but police did.
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In court documents, Lorean told police that one time Tamelia "picked up Cecilia by her arms and threw her on the side of the bed.”

Lorean also says the Tamelia told her that CC fell down the stairs.

“She fell down the stairs, head injury and was scared to take to the hospital, because she was scared what they would do, what they would say,” says Durrah.

“If she was not afraid to take CC to the hospital, CC would still be with us right now,” says Durrah.

And this wasn't the first time Tamelia didn't want to go to the hospital or call police.
In 2001, she left two of her kids home alone. One of kids got a hold of a lighter and lit the house on fire. Another child suffered severe burns.

Durrah says Harris did not want to take that child to the hospital either.

But Durrah says Tam is not bad mom.

“She was just scared when it happened,” says Durrah.

“I love her, and I will always be her friends, no matter what, I don't feel like she did it on purpose, I fee like it was an accident,” says Durrah.

Durrah goes on to say that if it weren't for the system, this would not have happened. Durrah and, she says Harris, feels like African Americas are not given a chance.

Durrah also says Harris should not be in jail but in a mental institution. She says Harris was dealing with postpartum depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder.

http://www.kgan.com/shared/newsroom/...vid_2921.shtml

**TwiztidAngel** · November 20th, 2010, 03:05 PM

Tamelia Harris Im still freakin just laying here and still only 1 in a half but im still spotting i dont no y i started bleeding all of a sudden but i think they going to let me go home i just have to pass the stress test
June 20 at 2:27pm via Mobile Web

why am i picturing her birth like this....

lmao!

**Dakota Valkyrie** · November 20th, 2010, 03:15 PM

Tamelia Harris will go to trial earlier than scheduled and remain in jail on a $250,000 cash bond, a judge ruled Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, Harris' six other children have been placed into foster care.

Harris' attorney, Assistant Dubuque Public Defender Tom Goodman, asked Judge Alan Pearson to lower her bond. He proposed she would live with a friend or find her own apartment in order to see her children again.

Goodman also asked Pearson to schedule the trial earlier than the Jan. 24 date, and he agreed, setting a date of Jan. 10.
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Shortly after her arrest, Harris reportedly told a social worker that her daughter died after a "bad accident" and she didn't have a funeral for the baby. No additional charges have been filed in the case as investigators await identification of the remains from the state crime lab. The process was predicted to take several months.

Meanwhile, Cecilia still is considered a missing person, a point that Dubuque Assistant County Attorney Chris Corken repeated Tuesday.

"I believe I can state very plainly that the Department of Human Services has no interest at this point in allowing Ms. Harris to have any contact with any of the remaining children we have in our custody," she said.

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=302593