UPDATE: Human remains identified as missing North East toddler

NORTH EAST, Md. – The human remains located in a vacant lot in North East, Maryland on June 11 of this year have been positively identified as three-year-old Nola Dinkins.

An Amber Alert was issued for Dinkins in New Castle County last month. The girl’s mother had reported the child kidnapped in Newark. An extensive investigation began that continued through the night. Investigators learned that the initial report was false and the Amber Alert was canceled.

Police would later find human remains in a nearby vacant lot. The remains had not yet been positively identified.

Maryland State Police arrested two people in connection with the the suspected homicide. Police took the girl’s mother, 31-year-old Darrian Randle, and 44-year-old Cedrick Antoine Britten of North East, Md., into custody on June 11.

Randle is charged with first and second-degree murder, first-degree of child abuse resulting in the death of a minor under the age of 13, and other crimes.

Britten is charged with accessory to first and second-degree murder after the fact, failure to report a child death, and related crimes.

The Maryland State Police Homicide Unit continues to investigate.