Article: Precious Doe identified; Missouri mom, step-dad charged.(CRIME)(Brief Article)

After four years, Erica Michelle Marie Green finally has been identified.

In 2001 the little girl was found in pieces--her head in one place, her body in another--along a stretch of a road in Kansas City, MO. Authorities investigating the crime had no suspects, no motive and no information about the little girl who they named Precious Doe.

Over the next four years, amid a groundswell of candlelight prayer vigils, community activism, police tips, even a feature on "America's Most Wanted," her death remained a mystery, until recently.

A tip led police to Erica's mother, Michelle M. Johnson, 30, and her husband, Harrell L. Johnson, 25, both of ...

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