JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A missing mother from Jackson has been found dead, while the search still continues for her missing 3-year-old daughter.

Shardee McGill, 33, went missing on Sunday, along with her daughter, Janae McGill. The pair were last seen in a 2017 Chevrolet Equinox.

On Thursday, Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones stated that Shardee had been found dead in a shallow body of water near Epes, Alabama.

Jones called her death “suspicious.”

The search for Janae is ongoing, and multiple agencies from Mississippi and Alabama are involved.

If you have any information, you are asked to call the Jackson Police Department at 601-355-8477.

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