It is still unclear whether the remains found at a landfill in Chatham County, Georgia are those of little Quinton. The two-year-old was reported missing by his mother on October 5. Apparently he had disappeared from his playpen. A full-scale search for the toddler began, involving more than 40 FBI officials. Rescuers searched for the child in areas where he may have become lost, including a pond, drains, dumpsters and nearby woods.

But his mother quickly became the target of the authorities. The 22-year-old is the main suspect in the case. Police suspect she dumped the boy's body in a dumpster.

Officials therefore began searching a nearby landfill where they suspected the boy's body - and finally found it after 30 days. "On Friday, November 18, 2022, law enforcement officials at the Waste Management Landfill discovered human remains on the landfill site," Chatham County Police said in a statement Monday. "Further testing -- including DNA evidence -- is being conducted to confirm that the remains are indeed human and whether they are Quinton's remains," police said in a statement.

When searching the landfill, officials combed through almost 700,000 thousand kilograms of garbage. "The working conditions were grueling and dangerous and the searchers knew the chances of finding Quinton were slim," the statement continued. "Historically, the FBI says landfill searches are only successful five percent of the time."

The mother has since been arrested on suspicion of murder and is now in jail awaiting a bail hearing.

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Sources: Chatham County Police, NBC News