JAYLIN BRAZIER

Cierra Milton, the mother of a Detroit-area girl whose dead body was found in a trash bin, was "absolutely livid" after learning the man who hid the body was released from prison.

LENOX, MI – After nearly five months, the search of a landfill for the remains of missing teen Zion Foster has been called off, WXYZ reports. The search did not result in the recovery of a body from Pine Tree Acres Landfill in Lenox Township, the report said. The landfill search began on May 31. RELATED: Goggles, protective suits: Cops search Michigan landfill for teen’s bodyFoster’s cousin Jaylin Brazier, 23, is in prison for lying to police during the investigation. RELATED: Cousin admits he threw missing Michigan teen’s body in a dumpsterShe was “likely murdered,” Detroit Police Chief James White said in June.

The search for Zion Foster’s remains in a Macomb County landfill has concluded and her body has not been found.

Officials are still searching a landfill in Macomb County for the remains of Zion Foster as her family waits for answers on her disappearance.

Detroit police are expected to start phase two of a massive search of a Lenox Township landfill to find missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster.

DETROIT - A massive operation undertaken to recover the body of a missing 17-year-old from a Michigan landfill topped $200,000 within the first week, officials said. The Detroit Police Department is relying on donations and police officers volunteering to conduct Operation Justice for Zion. Investigators believe the body of Zion Foster, of Eastpointe, is buried under 75-100 feet of crushed debris at a landfill in Lenox Township near Detroit. She was “likely murdered,” White said, before her body was put in a dumpster that was emptied at the landfill. RELATED: Work begins in landfill search for missing Michigan teenFoster’s cousin Jaylin Brazier, 23, is in prison for lying to police during the investigation.

Authorities announced Friday that the search for the body of 17-year-old Zion Foster at a landfill in Lenox Township has led to the discovery of a piece of mail that indicates police are looking in the right area.

LENOX TOWNSHIP, MI – The search for the body of missing Michigan teenager Zion Foster began Tuesday at a Detroit-area landfill, The Associated Press reports. Investigators believe she is dead, and her body was put in a dumpster that was emptied at a landfill in Macomb County’s Lenox Township. RELATED: Landfill to be searched for body of 17-year-old missing since JanuaryThe first phase of the search could take two weeks, AP reports. It involves building a road, removing 20 feet of debris and constructing a deck to inspect the materials, police said. RELATED: Cousin admits he threw missing Michigan teen’s body in a dumpsterRELATED: Missing Michigan teen’s cousin accused of lying to police

Detroit police expected to start a massive search of a Lenox Township landfill to find missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster.

LENOX TOWNSHIP, MI – Police believe they know the location of the body of a 17-year-old girl who has been missing for months – a landfill in Lenox Township near Detroit, The Associated Press reports. Investigators believe her body was put in a dumpster, which was eventually emptied at the landfill, the report said. “I wish I could get into the specifics and details,” Detroit police Commander Michael McGinnis told reporters at a news conference on Thursday. “If I could, you’d all be as disgusted as we are with this case.”Foster’s cousin Jaylin Brazier, 23, is in prison for lying to police during the investigation. RELATED: Cousin admits he threw missing Michigan teen’s body in a dumpsterRELATED: Missing Michigan teen’s cousin accused of lying to police

Detroit police are planning a massive search of a Lenox Township landfill to find missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster.

Multiple law enforcement and other agencies come together in search of missing Eastpointe teen Zion Foster remains.

An Eastpointe mother who spent weeks searching for her missing teenage daughter only to find out her cousin had thrown the girl’s body in a dumpster delivered a powerful victim impact statement Wednesday in court.

EASTPOINTE, MI – It’s now clear that a teen who has been missing for nearly three months is dead, FOX 2 Detroit reports. Her cousin, Jaylin Brazier, 23, has been a person of interest in the case from early on. RELATED: Cousin convicted of lying to police about missing Michigan teenFoster had gone to see Brazier on Jan. 4 and never returned home, the report said. He panicked and threw her body in a dumpster, he said. RELATED: Missing Michigan teen’s cousin accused of lying to policeThe cause of Foster’s death is unknown as her body has not been found, the report said.

Prosecutors are questioning whether Eastpointe teenager Zion Foster was really dead when her cousin threw her body in a dumpster.

A clearer picture of what happened the day Eastpointe teen Zion Foster disappeared and where her body might be started to emerge during the sentencing for her cousin.

An Eastpointe mother who spent weeks searching for her missing teenage daughter only to find out her cousin had thrown the girl’s body in a dumpster delivered a powerful victim impact statement Wednesday in court.

The cousin of a missing Eastpointe teenager was sentenced Wednesday for lying to police before he ultimately admitted that he had thrown her body in a dumpster weeks earlier because she stopped breathing while they were smoking marijuana.

Foster’s mother says she’s living with a pain that’s unbearable because for weeks she says she’s known about what allegedly happened the night of January 4th, but she kept the grisly details to herself to protect the investigation.

EASTPOINTE, MI – A man accused of lying to police about his missing teenage cousin was convicted on a no-contest plea, The Associated Press reports. His cousin 17-year-old Zion Foster from Eastpointe was last seen on Jan. 4 wearing her restaurant work uniform. She remains missing and police believe she was killed, although no one has been charged with her death. RELATED: Missing Michigan teen’s cousin accused of lying to policeBrazier’s no-contest plea means he did not admit or deny the charge of lying to police. Foster was about to graduate from high school and was weighing where to attend college – she wouldn’t disappear on her own, said James Royster, her father.

Detroit Police have not confirmed to CW50 that a confession was made.

The cousin of a teenage girl who went missing from Eastpointe has been charged with lying to a peace officer in the investigation.

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