US Politics | Desperate landfill search for missing 2-year-old after her mom strangled to death in front of 2 other kids

A DESPERATE landfill search is underway for a missing toddler after she vanished shortly before her mom was killed. Nadia Lee, two, was last seen at her dad's apartment in Pasadena, Texas, October 16. Houston Police DepartmentSearch teams are now desperately searching for missing Nadia Lee at a landfill site '/ ' The toddler was last seen two days before her mom, Nancy Reed, was strangled to death Two days later, her dad Jyron Charles Lee was arrested and charged with the murder of Nadia's mom, Nancy Reed. Cops believe Lee, 26, strangled Reed, 22, at a hotel in Clear Lake, Texas, during an argument over how to discipline their kids. The row took place in front of the parents' other two kids, one and three \- but Nadia was no-where to be seen. Efforts to find the child have now ramped up, with search and rescue crews hunting for clues in a landfill site. Read More US News 'SCARY' EXPERIENCE Quinton Simon's babysitter says he 'may have drowned in family pool' SICK ACTS Quinton Simon's mom 'was drinking in bar' while landfill searched for his body Texas EquuSearch, a Houston-based search and recovery group, confirmed it has begun scouring the Coastal Plains Recycling and Disposal Facility in Texas. Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch's founder, told Houston station KHOU: "Eighteen people are literally just cutting open every bag. "I'm hoping that anything's not going to end up in a landfill. ...But for right now, wherever the ending comes up, you know, it needs to have an ending." Most read in News CLINGING ON Putin made 'catastrophic errors' in Ukraine war but tyrant hanging on to power DESPERATE CRIES Horror 911 call captures wife's screams before husband 'buried her alive' URGENT CALL Trespasser at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort prompts huge Secret Service response CULT'S RETURN NXIVM member says cult 'will be back' & slams 'crazy' claims in Seduced doc bloody rampage Man kills 2 research scientists then leaves mom-of-5 dead in murder-suicide STILL CLOSE Killer mom shot dead husband with two kids at home after horror abuse Crew members are said to have roped off a site roughly the size of a football field in order to find little Nadia. It was not immediately clear what evidence led the group to the landfill, which is located on private property in the city of Alvin. Officials said the search team, which is using heavy machinery including two track hoes and one bulldozer, will need to dig as deep as eight feet. It comes after surveillance footage showed Lee walking around a dumpster near his apartment complex with a stroller. Eighteen people are literally just cutting open every bag. Tim MillerTexas EquuSearch Houston Police Department last week confirmed investigators were conducting a homicide investigation. Sources told ABC13 cops believed the two-year-old was killed in Lee's apartment and was then moved. Family members told the outlet Lee and Reed had had five children together. The two children which were present when their mom was killed were not hurt and taken into to Child Protective Services. According to court documents, both parents have spent the last few years in and out of the Harris County Jail, and at one point, her mother even wrote to a judge begging for help, KHOU reports. Nadia's grandmother Nora Reed told ABC13: "My heart is breaking in half. I just hope we find the baby, we find Nadia.... Read More on The US Sun POOR PETE Pete 'is struggling' with Kim's 'hot & cold' behavior amid his on-set 'meltdown' DESPERATE CRIES Horror 911 call captures wife's screams before husband 'buried her alive' Meanwhile, Texas EquuSearch's Tim Miller, said "I don't think this is going to have a positive outcome we would like to have. "One of my biggest fears is there may not be an outcome." Houston Police DepartmentNadia's dad, Jyron Charles Lee, has been charged with the murder of Nancy Reed '/ ' KHOU 11Houston Police have are urgently searching for little Nadia '/ '

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