Indictment In Rilya Wilson Case

(Miami, Florida) Remember Rilya Wilson? The 4-year-old daughter of a crack-addicted mother turned up missing while in state foster care in Florida which scandalized the Department of Children and Families. Two caretakers were investigated about her disappearance and prosecuted for child abuse, however, to this date, Rilya has not been found.

Well, it appears that one caretaker, Geralyn Graham, 59, incriminated herself to a jailhouse informant while serving time for the child abuse charge. She admitted that Rilya died from "smothering and/or suffocating and/or beating" and her body was left near a canal in South Miami-Dade. This allegedly occurred about 16 months before she was determined to be missing. A search by investigators found no body.

As a result of Geralyn Graham's admission, a grand jury indicted her for murder yesterday. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle stated, "No, we don't have a crime scene. No, we don't have a body. But we feel we have enough evidence." For the defense, Graham's lawyer, Brian Tannebaum, believes the evidence is dubious.

"You've got one of the most significant missing child cases in the world and you're going to rely on a jailhouse snitch?" Tannebaum said. "The bottom line is: Where is this child?"

Consequently, it appears the defense will contend that Rilya is still alive and not murdered.

If her body was placed next to a canal in South Florida a full 16 months before it was known she was missing, there's little chance it would have been found. The investigators would have lost out to the alligators.