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A toddler was found dead in a hearse at a Gadsden funeral home Saturday morning.

Terrica Pearl has been arrested in connection with the toddler's death.

Gadsden police say the investigative phase of the case is closed.

An arrest has been made in connection to a toddler found dead in a hearse in Gadsden on Saturday morning.

On Aug. 9 at about 11:45 a.m. the staff at West Gadsden Funeral Home discovered the body of a toddler in the back of one of the funeral home's hearses, leading to an investigation that ran for the next 12 hours.

The Gadsden Police Department said in a statement at about 1 a.m. on Aug. 10 on Facebook that they have arrested a woman named Terrica Pearl, and that the investigative phase of the case is over.

"The memory of this child will remain

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