CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — The mother of the 6-month-old found dead in Clayton County has now been taken into custody, jail records show.

Clayton County Jail records indicate that Necolette Pratt faces charges of obstructing an officer, false statements, and party to the commission of a crime.

Baby Nnakai Pratt was found dead in the backyard of a home off Green Valley Road on Tuesday. The backyard backs up to an apartment complex along Valley Hill Road, which is where the infant was initially reported missing just days before.

Nnakai's father, Antonio Pearce, is facing the charges of malice murder, cruelty to children, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, tampering with evidence, concealing the death of another person, unlawful disposal of a human body, false statements and false repo

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