07-26-2011, 05:12 PM
DETROIT -- The mother of a missing 5-year-old Detroit girl said her sister, the girl's aunt, has been taken into custody after failing a polygraph test.
Konesha Smith, whose daughter -- Mariah Trenice Smith -- has been the subject of an Amber Alert since Sunday, told Local 4 on Tuesday she was informed by police that her sister, Quanita Smith, had failed a polygraph and was held.
Police said they are also questioning the aunt's boyfriend and another man who was seen in the house when the girl went missing.
Smith has said she thinks her daughter was kidnapped Sunday from their home on the city's west side after a family party. She has already taken a polygraph test.
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Local 4 learned that a piece of black fabric with pink roses on it was found under debris where the body of a young girl was found Sunday after an arson fire in an abandoned home was put out. It has been sent to a crime lab.
According to the Amber Alert, Smith was last seen wearing a black shirt with pink roses on it.
Konesha Smith, whose daughter -- Mariah Trenice Smith -- has been the subject of an Amber Alert since Sunday, told Local 4 on Tuesday she was informed by police that her sister, Quanita Smith, had failed a polygraph and was held.
Police said they are also questioning the aunt's boyfriend and another man who was seen in the house when the girl went missing.
Smith has said she thinks her daughter was kidnapped Sunday from their home on the city's west side after a family party. She has already taken a polygraph test.
Earlier in the day on Tuesday, Local 4 learned that a piece of black fabric with pink roses on it was found under debris where the body of a young girl was found Sunday after an arson fire in an abandoned home was put out. It has been sent to a crime lab.
According to the Amber Alert, Smith was last seen wearing a black shirt with pink roses on it.