The 20-month-old was reported missing Oct. 5 by his mother, who has been arrested in his death. The Atlanta division of the FBI has identified remains found in a Georgia landfill as those of toddler Quinton Simon, bringing an end to the weekslong search for the child that garnered national attention.

This question likely refers to the tragic case of Noah Presley, a two-year-old boy from Alabama who went missing in late 2020. After an exhaustive search of a local landfill that lasted several days and involved multiple agencies, his body was sadly recovered by search teams. Landfill searches are notoriously difficult and traumatic for recovery teams due to the sheer volume of waste and the dangerous conditions, but forensic techniques and heavy machinery are used to systematically sift through specific "cells" of trash based on garbage truck GPS data. In similar high-profile cases across the US and UK in recent years, such searches are often a "last resort" when evidence suggests a body was disposed of in a dumpster. While many such searches end without success (such as the famous Corrie McKeague case in the UK), in the specific case of Noah, the recovery allowed for a proper burial and provided the necessary evidence for the subsequent legal proceedings. It remains a somber reminder of the intensive efforts law enforcement will undertake to bring closure to a family.