Celeste Owens is charged with felony murder, accused of striking 8-year-old Nicole Amari Hall over the head in November 2021, killing her, then placing her in trash bags and dumping her body in DeKalb County. Amari is the biological daughter of Brittany Hall and the partner of Celeste Owens. Brittany Hall is also charged with murder as prosecutors say there is evidence that both women were responsible for the child's murder. Brittany Hall called 911 to report Amari missing in November 2021 and told police she woke up to find the girl missing but there was no sign of her on the property. Officers eventually found the body of the 8-year-old in a wooded area. Police talked to Brittany Hall's five and six-year-old sons, who indicated Amari had been hurt by the women. One said Amari had gone to the 'bad kids hospital' and indicated that ‘she died last morning when my mommy went to get weed'. Video from inside the extended-stay hotel showed Owens and Brittany Hall beating the three children. An autopsy indicated that Amari had several fractured ribs, internal bleeding and was malnourished. The coroner reported the cause of death as battered child syndrome.