{"id":514740,"date":"2022-11-23T17:27:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/the-hours-before-leilani-simons-murder-arrest\/"},"modified":"2022-11-23T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T14:27:06","slug":"the-hours-before-leilani-simons-murder-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hours-before-leilani-simons-murder-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"#The hours before Leilani Simon&#8217;s murder arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26bb30e1196\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26bb30e1196\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/the-hours-before-leilani-simons-murder-arrest\/#%E2%80%9CThe_hours_before_Leilani_Simons_murder_arrest%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;The hours before Leilani Simon&#8217;s murder arrest&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThe_hours_before_Leilani_Simons_murder_arrest%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;The hours before Leilani Simon&#8217;s murder arrest&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>A family friend is detailing the dramatic final hours before Georgia mom Leilani Simon was arrested for the murder of her toddler son\u2013\u00a0including her \u201clast free meal\u201d with her own mother.<\/p>\n<p>Simon, 22, was arrested on Monday after police announced they found remains believed to be those of her son, Quinton, 20 months, in a landfill on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtoc.com\/2022\/11\/22\/family-friend-details-hours-before-leilani-simon-was-arrested\/\">WTOC<\/a> by phone on Tuesday, Simon\u2019s mother, Billie Howell, was too emotional to discuss the case and handed the phone to a family friend. The friend, who has not been identified, told the outlet that Simon checked herself into rehab in the weeks before her arrest.<\/p>\n<p>When Howell heard that Simon was leaving the facility, she \u201chad to make one of the hardest decisions of her life, and call the FBI agents and let them know that she was signing herself out\u2026and that she was going to be a flight risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1001\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-009-5.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Leilani Simon was arrested for the murder of her son on Monday.\" class=\"wp-image-24760680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-009-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-009-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-009-5.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Leilani Simon was arrested in the murder of her son on Monday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chatham County Detention Center<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At the FBI\u2019s request, Howell picked Simon up from the treatment center herself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey asked her to buy some time. So, she went and picked up Leilani\u2019s belongings from another center, and then she took Leilani to have her last free meal,\u201d the friend explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair then went to the FBI office in Savannah, where Simon was arrested a few hours later.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Quinton-Simon-57-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Authorities sifting through a Georgia landfill for the remains of missing Georgia toddler Quinton Simon.\" class=\"wp-image-24760693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Quinton-Simon-57-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Quinton-Simon-57-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Quinton-Simon-57-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Authorities sifting through a Georgia landfill for the remains of missing Georgia toddler Quinton Simon.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ChathamCountyPD\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-11.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The Savannah home from which Quinton Simon was reported missing on Oct. 5.\" class=\"wp-image-24760697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-11.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The Savannah home from which Quinton Simon was reported missing on Oct. 5.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WSAV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Simon\u2019s arrest marked the latest development in the extensive investigation that began when she reported Quinton missing from the family\u2019s home on Oct. 5. Days later, police confirmed that they believed the toddler was dead, and that Simon\u2013 who has two other young children\u2013 was the prime suspect.<\/p>\n<p>As of Tuesday, she is charged with murder, concealing the death of another, making a false crime report, and making false statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want justice served for this precious baby, no matter what it is, no matter who it is,\u201d the family friend said. \u201cAt the end of the day, all the protestors and the family all wanted the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"602\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-01_jpeg.jpg?w=602\" alt=\"Quinton Simon's remains are believed to have been found on Friday.\" class=\"wp-image-24760715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-01_jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1204 1204w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-01_jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=903 903w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-01_jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=602 602w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-01_jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=301 301w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/missing-georgia-boy-simon-babysitter-01_jpeg.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><figcaption>Quinton Simon\u2019s remains are believed to have been found on Friday.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Family Handout<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"602\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-006-2.jpg?w=602\" alt=\"Leilani Simon also has two other young children.\" class=\"wp-image-24760723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-006-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1204 1204w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-006-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=903 903w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-006-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=602 602w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-006-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=301 301w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/Leilani-Simon-006-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\"\/><figcaption>Leilani Simon also has two other young children.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Diana McCarta, Quinton\u2019s longtime babysitter, was emotional about Simon\u2019s arrest. McCarta was set to babysit the toddler the day he dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared, but received an early morning text from Simon telling her not to come.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou wonder what he had to endure from the time that he left my house, to the morning when I got the text,\u201d she told WTOC. \u201cI can\u2019t even imagine and I don\u2019t want to think about it because it drives me crazy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just don\u2019t know how any mother could hurt their child. I don\u2019t know what could be going through their head for them to hurt their child. 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