Shylea Myza Thomas

Incident date: 2009 Apr 22

Child placement type: Adoption

9-year-old girl adopted by her aunt was found dead found in a black trash bag, stuffed into a plastic bin with mothballs and locked in a storage unit near Flint.

Parent topics: abused adoptees

Documents

Title	Publication date
Lorrie Thomas Gets 10 Years for Starving Quadriplegic Daughter Shylae Thomas to Death	2010 Jan 14
Flint woman gets prison term in disabled girl’s death	2010 Jan 11
Mom takes plea deal in girl's death	2009 Dec 4
Mom pleads no contest in quadriplegic girl's death	2009 Dec 4
Expert: Girl severely underweight at death	2009 Oct 1
Oldest daughter of Lorrie Thomas runs away from foster care	2009 Jun 9
Child custody hearing for Lorrie Thomas postponed until June	2009 May 19
Shylae's family recalls fears	2009 May 6
Losing Shylae again: Birth mother doesn't regret adoption, defends sister facing murder charge	2009 May 1
A tragic life: Shylae Thomas	2009 Apr 26
Adoptive mom hid body, prosecutors say	2009 Apr 25
Flint girl's adoptive mother charged with murder	2009 Apr 24
Prosecutor: Dead Mich. girl severely underweight	2009 Apr 24
Mother of Mich. girl found in storage charged	2009 Apr 24
Quadriplegic girl's sad story ends in death	2009 Apr 24
Charges weighed in Mich. quadriplegic girl's death	2009 Apr 23
Adoptive mom of girl found in storage bin arrested	2009 Apr 23
Quadriplegic girl was in trash bag with moth balls	2009 Apr 23
Aunt is held in 9-year-old quadriplegic's death	2009 Apr 23
Body of quadriplegic girl found in storage unit near Flint	2009 Apr 22