Greenville girl, found dead in trunk, suffered trauma, police say

Trauma was inflicted on a teenage girl whose body was found Tuesday inside a storage trunk on a rural road in Van Zandt County east of Dallas, officials said Wednesday.

Alicia Chanta Moore, 16, was identified by the Dallas County medical examiner. She was last seen getting off a school bus in Greenville, The Associated Press reported.

A road crew on Tuesday found her body in a trunk sitting on a farm-to-market road near Wills Point, which is about 35 miles south of Greenville.

Greenville Police Chief Dan Busken said during a news conference Wednesday that Moore’s body suffered trauma and that her death is being investigated as a homicide by the Greenville police, Texas Rangers and Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department.

But investigators did not specify what type of trauma, and they did not have a suspect on Wednesday.

According to broadcast news reports, Busken said that an Amber Alert was not issued because Moore’s disappearance had not met the criteria necessary to issue the alert. For example, officers did not know for sure that she was abducted.

"We have a lot of work ahead of us with this investigation," said Busken in an article from NBCdfw. "We have received many tips from the community and we hope those tips continue to come in ... we must have cooperation from the community to do our jobs."

Greg Janda and Randy McIlwain contributed to the NBC 5 report. Read it here.

 

Comments

[tfair]

This child was a minor and met criteria. But Greenville TX (KKK) seems to come up with a good one. Seems to me if her name was Debbie there would not have been a question. Prayers for the little girl and her family.

[Mike D.]

tfair, everything isn't about race.
Go to http://www.amberalert.gov/guidelines.htm
The Greenville police are right.

This is a tragedy, there is no need to try to divide people based on the color of their skin.

[Law Abiding Citizen]

She did NOT meet the criteria. Please research before you open your mouth tfair.
And I won't be surprised if it was family that did this to the poor girl.

[anonymous]

Law enforcement is working tirelessly to find the person responsible. She is precious to all of us, regardless of her race and background. Don't be quick to form conclusions when you don't have all the facts.