By Roberto Bustamante
A West Virginia mother is accused of murdering her daughter as she was preparing to move, then reporting her missing despite knowing what had happened to her.
Staci Wind50, is in the Central Regional Jail without bond, according to jail records reviewed by Law&Crime.
She has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of her daughter. Ayla Wind26, reported regional network WCHS, an ABC and Fox affiliate.
Ayla Wind was preparing to return to Utah, according to a GoFundMe campaign created for her family.
Although she was reported to have been in West Virginia with her mother when she was tragically murdered, the young woman was headed west to join other family members, the campaign adds.
On May 18, Staci Wind reported her daughter missingWest Virginia State Police reported in a news release.
Investigators reviewed phone records that show Ayla Wind sent a text message to her mother telling her she was buying snacks at a gas station, according to local NBC affiliate WSAZ.
Four days later, police responded to the scene in Summit Lake, Greenbrier County. Human remains found in shallow grave and the victim was identified as Ayla Wind.
Investigators believe she was burned to death.
Authorities did not say what led them to consider Staci Wind a suspect, but she was arrested and booked into jail. It is unknown when he will appear in court.
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