Quinton Simons grandmother turns over eight notebooks belonging to the

Quinton Simon’s grandmother turns over eight notebooks belonging to the child’s mother as evidence

The grandmother of Quinton Simon, a 20-month-old boy found dead in a Georgia landfill last November, appeared in court Monday to hand over a set of notebooks belonging to the murdered toddler’s mother, Leilani Simon .

Leilani Simon faces 19 charges including murder and other offenses for allegedly using drugs before killing her son and dumping his body in the trash.

Yesterday’s hearing also included a request for the Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) to release all records related to the family, which Judge Stokes will now review to see if any of them are relevant to the case.

Simon’s eight notebooks were handed over after a subpoena was issued last month.

They were handed over to the judge by Billie Jo Howell, Quinton’s grandmother and Leilani’s mother.

Attorneys representing the mother of Quinton Simon, a 20-month-old boy found dead in a Georgia landfill last November, appeared in court Monday to hear multiple motions.  Quinton's grandmother, seen far right in blue, gave the judge eight notebooks in evidence

Attorneys representing the mother of Quinton Simon, a 20-month-old boy found dead in a Georgia landfill last November, appeared in court Monday to hear multiple motions. Quinton’s grandmother, seen far right in blue, gave the judge eight notebooks in evidence

Leilani Simon is accused of murdering her son Quinton and then dumping his body in the trash

Leilani Simon is accused of murdering her son Quinton and then dumping his body in the trash

Simon was allegedly on drugs when she used an unidentified object to hit her son, causing

Simon was allegedly on drugs when she used an unidentified object to hit her son, causing “serious bodily harm” and leading to his death, prosecutors revealed in December. She reportedly met with her drug dealer shortly before the murder

Leilani Simon has been detained since police arrested her on November 21, 2022, when investigators found her son’s remains after weeks of combing through the landfill’s garbage.

During the hearing of the motions, Judge Tammy Stokes, presiding over the case, also ruled that cameras would be allowed in the courtroom during the trial on a case-by-case basis, despite objections from the prosecution.

Prosecutors had argued that cameras should be banned altogether because of Quinton’s young siblings, while defense attorneys have called for a lenient decision.

Leilani Simon reported her son missing on October 5, 2022 when she called 911 to report that little Quinton had disappeared from his indoor playpen at her home outside of Savannah, Georgia.

After police spent several days searching the home and surrounding neighborhood, Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley announced that investigators believed the child was dead, naming Leilani Simon as the sole suspect.

Prosecutors subpoenaed diaries or similar writings from the alleged killer and handed over eight notebooks to a judge on Monday

Prosecutors subpoenaed diaries or similar writings from the alleged killer and handed over eight notebooks to a judge on Monday

Simon faces 19 charges including murder and other offenses for allegedly using drugs before killing her son and dumping his body in the trash

Simon faces 19 charges including murder and other offenses for allegedly using drugs before killing her son and dumping his body in the trash

Police and FBI agents focused their investigations on the landfill two weeks after the boy was reported missing.

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Eight notebooks were presented to the judge by Billie Jo Howell, Quinton’s grandmother and Leilani’s mother

They spent more than a month sifting through the trash before finding human bones that were later confirmed to be quintons by DNA testing.

The indictment against Leilani Simon charges her with murder, covering up a death and falsely reporting a crime, in addition to 14 separate counts of lying to investigators.

According to the indictment, Simon met with a drug dealer the night before her son’s death and took an unspecified drug.

The indictment alleges Quinton died on the morning of October 5, 2022 after his mother attacked him with an unknown object and caused him “grievous bodily harm.”

Simon then allegedly dumped his body in a trash can outside an RV park about 1.5 miles from their home.

Simon later told investigators she went there to dispose of “ordinary household waste.”

Quinton Simon is pictured with his grandmother Billie Jo Howell when he was a baby

Quinton Simon is pictured with his grandmother Billie Jo Howell when he was a baby

The court document shows that she told investigators she left home on the morning of October 5, 2022 to meet up with a friend at a gas station to get Orajel.

However, investigators believe that instead of meeting that friend, she actually dumped the 20-month-old boy’s body in the dumpster at Azalea Mobile Home Plaza.

Simon told investigators the same lies three days after Quinton was reported missing and a week later.

On October 31, 2022, Simon changed her story and told investigators that her boyfriend, Daniel Youngkin, was the one who left the house on the morning of Quinton’s disappearance.

On the day of her arrest, she repeated the same story to investigators.

The Chatham County Police Department shared photos of the team sorting through tons of trash last October in search of little Quinton

The Chatham County Police Department shared photos of the team sorting through tons of trash last October in search of little Quinton