Authorities initially reacted to the father’s house, then moved their investigation to the child’s biological mother’s house,
which was less than two blocks away, according to a press statement issued by the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office at the time.
According to the DA, it was Bella’s grandmother who initially noticed a “large plastic bucket” at her daughter’s house that morning as the girl was being looked for.
When the girl’s mother looked into it, she discovered blood. “She couldn’t get the lid off.
Before the victim’s remains were discovered inside, “clad in pink pajamas with white polka dots,” the DA stated, “She knew instantly it was her second-born.”
After local Ring camera footage purportedly showed Landon wheeling a wagon with a bucket down the streets of both residences