Tamisha Cheyniece Drake, a 33-year-old woman from Angelina County, Texas, faces felony charges after admitting to exhuming her infant daughter's body from a cemetery and leaving it in a driveway. The Angelina County Sheriff's Office discovered the disturbance at Davis Memorial Gardens in the Cedar Grove area on Thursday. Drake directed deputies to the unoccupied residence where the remains were found still inside the original burial container.
Authorities in Angelina County, Texas, responded Thursday to reports of a disturbed grave at Davis Memorial Gardens in Cedar Grove, about 130 miles northeast of Houston. Deputies found that the grave of a newborn had been dug up, with the child's body and burial container missing, according to the Angelina County Sheriff's Office as reported by local station KFDM. The infant had died in February after failing to survive childbirth, Drake later told investigators. Drake, 33, admitted to the act during questioning and led deputies to an unoccupied residence where they recovered the remains in the driveway, still sealed in the container. Jail records confirm she has been charged with abuse of a corpse, classified as a state jail felony in Texas carrying a potential sentence of 180 days to two years in prison. As of Sunday, Drake remained in custody at Angelina County Jail, with no immediate information available on a court date.