(CNN) — The parents of a 6-year-old girl in Hawaii have been arrested and charged with her murder two months after they reported her missing — and three months after she was killed, police say. The couple, who are the girl’s adoptive parents, reported her missing September 13 and said they had last seen her the previous day. Although police early on had suspicions that it was a murder, the case was technically only reclassified late last week, homicide Lt. Deena Thoemmes told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser. A state Department of Education spokesperson said the girl attended kindergarten at Waimanalo Elementary last school year via distance learning. In June, the adoptive parents filed paperwork to withdraw her to home-school her.

Source: CNN November 11, 2021 17:51 UTC