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Michilae Herring, 22, and Johnmarea Harris, 23, reported their daughter missing on June 30. They have been charged with homicide by child abuse

Couple told police their toddler, Javeayah Harris, 4, was last seen at their home just outside of Aiken, South Carolina, before she vanished in February

Thursday, authorities announced that Herring killed her daughter, before colluding with the dad to dissolve her remains in corrosive chemicals

The parents police said, poured Javeayah‘s remains into a creek by her parents

Parts of Javeayah’s body were subsequently discovered in Cedar Creek Reservoir and identified through DNA testing

Arrested last week over the death of their daughter, Herring and Harris have been charged with homicide by child abuse, as well as destruction and desecration of human remains

If convicted the homicide charge has a sentence of 20 years to life in prison, but Herring alone faces a separate charge of filing a false report to police, an additional five years

They are unworthy of titles ‘mom’ and ‘dad’ – police: Michilae Herring and Johnmarea Harris reported their daughter missing on June 30. They have been charged with homicide by child abuse

A four-year-old girl was murdered by her own parents and dissolved using corrosive chemicals before being poured into a creek, authorities in South Carolina said.
Javeayah Harris is believed to have been dead for a month before her parents, Michilae Herring, 22, and Johnmarea Harris, 23, reported her missing on June 30. 
The couple told police their toddler was last seen at their home just outside of Aiken, South Carolina, before she vanished in February.
Announcing a different version on Thursday, police believe that after Herring inflicted a fatal injury on her daughter, the parents then dissolved her remains in corrosive substances before disposal.
The pair ‘poured’ their daughter’s liquefied remains into a lake, in an act branded ‘repulsive and revolting’ by Aiken County Sheriff Marty Sawyer on Thursday. 

The victim: Javeayah Harris, 4, was murdered by her dad. The parents then dissolved her body in corrosive chemicals. Her remains was then poured into a creek – authorities in Aiken, SC

‘There are some harsh words that I’d like to use against Johmarea and Michilae and their actions,’ said a visibly shaken Sawyer.
‘But I will not do that, I will not do that to protect and maintain the integrity of this case. 
‘I will tell you this, I will not refer to them as mom and dad or mother or father, they don’t deserve that title.’
Sheriff Sawyer said the couple had taken ‘extensive and deliberate efforts’ and used ‘corrosive chemicals and other tools’ to ‘accelerate the destruction of her little body.’
Parts of Javeayah’s body were subsequently discovered in Cedar Creek Reservoir and identified through DNA testing, although cops have yet to explain how they tracked down the remains. 

The parents killed their toddler then took ‘extensive and deliberate efforts’ and used ‘corrosive chemicals and other tools’ to ‘accelerate the destruction of her little body’ – Sheriff Sawyer. Parts of her body were subsequently discovered in Cedar Creek Reservoir and identified through DNA testing

The father Johnmarea Harris, is a keen fisherman according to his social media profile, sharing images as recent as late May fishing in a creek. 
‘They went through great lengths to cover their repulsive and revolting actions. In my 37-year career in law enforcement, I’ve never heard of anything so horrific.
‘It is unlikely the entirety of her body will be recovered. We all hoped and prayed to find her body, that is simply not possible.
‘I stand before you saying this is one of the most difficult, deeply disturbing, and emotionally taxing investigations this office has ever worked’, he added.
Arrested last week over the death of their daughter, Herring and Harris already were facing charges of homicide by child abuse. Thursday Sawyer announced an additional charge of destruction and desecration of human remains.

Michilae Herring [photo], allegedly confessed to abusing her daughter Javeayah and ‘not seeking medical attention’ for her

The toddler’s dad Javeayah Harris, is accused of knowing about the abuse, ‘manifesting an extreme indifference to human life which was obtained by physical abuse from the mother’

The arrest warrants said the toddler’s father knew about the abuse and ‘manifesting an extreme indifference to human life which was obtained by physical abuse from the mother.’
The arrest warrants state the parents confessed to the abuse that resulted in their daughter’s death.
Herring admitted to abusing Javeayah and ‘not seeking medical attention’ for her.
The homicide charge alone carries a sentence of 20 years to life in prison. Herring alone faces a separate charge relating to a false report to police, which carries up to five years.