Baby Elaina disappeared from a Toledo, Ohio, home on June 2 and the police have been searching for any clues of the toddler's whereabouts. Elaina's mother Angela Steinfurth, and her boyfriend Steven King II, claimed that she was kidnapped. Now, police officials said Thursday they have found the child's remains inside a computer box in the garage belonging to the mother's boyfriend.
According to the Toledo Blade, the remains were discovered in King's detached garage. Lucas County deputy coroner Dr. Diane Barnett determined that box "appears to contain human remains."
Toledo police said they were executing a search warrant at King's home when they found the box, according to CNN.
King's attorney, Pete Rost said his client was in court Thursday for a scheduled pretrial hearing. Rost declined to comment on whether his client provided authorities with any information.
"It's pending and still in the investigative stage. I can't comment on that," he reportedly said.
Police received a tip to return to the property where Elaina, 19-months-old, was last seen alive.
On June 2, Elaina's father T.J. Steinfurth arrived at the Toledo home to pick up his daughter. He was informed that Elaina was missing. Angela told him that Elaina disappeared from her bed during a nap. Police, family, friends, and neighbors, launched a massive search. The search continued for three months.
"This is just horrible for the Steinfurth family," one poster wrote online. "Terry goes to work to provide support for his family and leaves the children with their own mother where one would assume they would be safe. That is a parents role--to keep their children safe. Poor sweet baby Elaina--murdered by the one who gave her life.What could she have possibly done to deserve this?"
