Felicia Mikels Is Dead – Thanks, Uncle Chris!

UPDATE 10/17/08 – YesterdayYesterday reviews, Christopher Mikels and Douglas Mandichak were indicted by a Camden County grand jury for the first-degree murder of Felicia Mikels, 17, on January 18.  Mikels, who was Felicia’s uncle and lived in the same house with her, is the alleged father of Felicia’s child.   The baby, Miciana, who was six weeks old, was found unharmed on a stranger’s lawn January 19.  Felicia’s body was found in Pennsauken Creek in Maple Shade on May 2. Both men remain held on $750,000 and $1 million bonds respectively.

Pennsauken, N.J., January 21, 2008 – When Felicia Mikels, 17, didn’t come home on FridayFriday reviews night, her family was worried. It wasn’t like Felicia to stay gone, and she’d left the house on foot with her five-week-old baby Miciana in her stroller. By early SaturdaySaturday reviews morning, they were frantic and contacted police to file a missing persons report.

Saturday morning in neighboring Cherry Hill, a man was driving to work when he saw a Winnie The Pooh carseat on the front lawn. InsideInside reviews was a newborn baby girl – cold and hungry, but otherwise unharmed. She was bundled in pink blankets. The man called police, who sent out press releases to area news outlets publicizing the abandoned baby, hoping for leads.

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