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SUMTER, S.C. — A South Carolina community is mourning a 5-year-old girl whose body was found abandoned in a landfill.
A funeral was held Sunday in Sumter for Nevaeh Adams. Her body was found last month after 400 people sifted through 4 million pounds of trash for weeks at a Richland County landfill.
Police say 28-year-old Daunte Johnson has confessed to killing Nevaeh and her mother, 29-year-old Sharee Bradley. Police say Johnson told them he tossed the girl's body in a trash bin.
Two other children were found safe after Bradley's body was found stabbed on Aug. 5.
Local news outlets report Elijah Nelson, Nevaeh's grandfather, told mourners that "this is the hardest thing I had to do," acknowledging his granddaughter's death.
DNA from the remains were matched to Nevaeh Adams.
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