MORNING.
THE COMMUNITY SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE WAIT TO GO SEE IF
ANYONE IS CHARGE IN THE DEATH OF
A 2-YEAR-OLD GIRL FOUND DEAD
NEAR A BAYOU IN SOUTHEAST
HOUSTON.
SO MANY HEARTS HAVE
GONE OUT TO THE FAMILY OF MELIA
BASS.
>> YEAH, ABC REPORTER HAS BEEN
TRACKING THE STORY SINCE LAST
WEEKEND.
SHE JOINS US LIVE NEAR
WHERE SHE VANISHED.
THAT'S
15 MILES FROM WHERE HER BODY WAS
FOUND S. THAT RIGHT, RICAH?
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
HER WHO
ARE AND BOYFRIEND SAY THAT HE
HEFT HER ALONE 30 STEP FROM THE
FRONT STEPS OF THE APARTMENT.
THEY SAID WHEN THEY CAME OUT
FROM COOKING AFTER JUST A COUPLE
OF MINUTES, SHE WAS COMING.
THIS ALL HAPPENED THIS TIME LAST
SATURDAY MORNING.
HOUSTON
POLICE CAN 9 OFFICERS AND
HELICOPTERS ALL LOOKED FOR THE
CHILD, BUT ULTIMATELY AN AMBER
ALERT WAS ISSUED.
THE NEXT DAY
THE BODY OF A CHILD BELIEVED TO
BE MELIA WAS FOUND MORE THAN
15 MILES AWAY IN SOUTHEAST
HOUSTON.
THE BODY HAS NOT BEEN
OFFICIALLY IDENTIFIED, AND A
CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN
LISTED BY THE MEDICAL EXAMERS
OFFICE.
>> I PRAYED AND PRAY AND PRAYED
THAT SHE WAS OKAY.
THEN WHEN
THEY FOUND OUT THAT HER BODY WAS
OUT THERE, IT REALLY BROKE MY
HEART FOR REAL.
WE WERE OUT
HERE SINCE 8 IN THE MORNING
LOOKING FOR HER.
>> JUST FOR REFERENCE, YOU'RE
LOOKING AT THE PLAY FROWNED THAT
THE MOTHER SAY THAT IS SHE LEFT
THE LITTLE KIMBERLY ON.
THIS IS
THE APARTMENT.
THIS IS THE
APARTMENT THAT SHE WENT INSIDE.
WE LEARNED THERE'S GOING ON 
