A man accused of dumping his girlfriend’s daughter in a creek sexually abused the 3-year-old before she died, according to court documents. 
 
 Earl Kimrey, who is accused of disposing of Mariah Woods’ body in Pender County, N.C., allegedly abused the toddler and her two brothers, according to court documents cited by the Jacksonville Daily News. 
 
 The toddler’s body, which was found in a muddy creek about 25 miles away from her home in Jacksonville, was positively identified on Wednesday more than a week after her mother, Kirsty Woods, first reported her missing on Nov. 27. 
 
 Mariah Woods, 3, was sexually abused by her mother's boyfriend, Earl Kimrey, before she died. 
 
 Kimrey, who faces several charges including concealing of death and obstruction of justice, is being held on $1 million bond. He has not been charged with the toddler’s murder. 
 
 In documents provided by the children’s biological father Alex Woods, Kirsty Woods allegedly knew her live-in boyfriend was sexually abusing the 3-year-old girl. 
 
 Earl Kimrey, 32, was arrested and charged with concealing of death, bstruction of Justice, 2nd Degree Burglary, Felony Larceny, and Possession of Stolen Property. Kimrey is the boyfriend of the mother of 3-year-old Mariah Woods, who is believed to be dead. (Police Photo) 
 
 Kimrey also sexually abused Mariah Woods’ two brothers, beat them with a belt, and left one boy with a bloody nose when he hit him in the face, according to the documents. 
 
 Kirsty Woods said her boyfriend was the last to see Mariah Woods alive when the little girl woke up around midnight on Nov. 26. 
 
 Earl Kimrey, the live in boyfriend of the mother of Mariah Woods is seen at his first court appearance on Monday December 4, 2017. Kimrey is being charged in connection with the death of the 3-year-old. (WTVD) 
 
 The mother, who woke up the next morning to find Mariah missing from her bed, reported her daughter missing on Nov. 27. 
 
 An Amber Alert was issued, and investigators found Mariah’s body on Dec. 2 in a remote part of Pender County after an extensive search that involved hundreds of volunteers. 
 
 Volunteers arrive at Dawson Community Church to search for three-year-old Mariah Woods. (Gray Whitley/Sun Journal via AP) 
 
 Investigators have not disclosed how Mariah died, although an arrest warrant for Kimrey said he removed Mariah Woods’ body from the scene of her death, and “secretly disposed of the dead child’s body.�? 
 
 Sign up for BREAKING NEWS Emails privacy policy Thanks for subscribing! ||||| FBI investigators recovered the remains of missing 3-year-old Jacksonville girl Mariah Kay Woods on Saturday, and her mother’s boyfriend has been charged in connection with her death. Now Child Protective Services documents allege that the boyfriend, Earl Kimrey, sexually abused the girl. 
 
 The remains were found on Dec. 2 – nearly a week after Mariah disappeared from her Jacksonville home. The Fayetteville Police Department dive team discovered the remains and they were sent to the state medical examiner for positive identification. The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the remains are Mariah on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
 Kimrey, 32, the live-in boyfriend of missing 3-year-old Mariah’s mother, Kristy Woods, was arrested Dec. 1 in connection with her death and charged with concealing a death, obstruction of justice, second-degree burglary, felony larceny and possession of stolen property, according to arrest records. He appeared in court Monday, where his bond was upheld at $1.01 million. 
 
 So far, no one has been charged with killing Mariah as of Wednesday afternoon. 
 
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 In the unverified CPS documents, Mariah’s biological father, Alex Woods, outlined the reasons he is pursuing custody of Mariah’s two brothers, who are also his sons, according to multiple reports and first reported by The Jacksonville Daily News, which obtained photographs of the documents from Alex Woods. 
 
 Woods alleges that Kimrey sexually abused Mariah and physically abused the two boys, hitting them with a belt – one of them in the face, causing a nosebleed. 
 
 The documents indicate that there may be a reason to believe the brothers were exposed to “a substantial risk of physical injury or sexual abuse because of the parent, guardian, custodian, or caretaker has created conditions likely to cause injury or abuse or has failed to provide, or is unable to provide, adequate supervision or protection. The respondent parents have a history of exposing the juveniles to adult situations and conversation during their ongoing custody battle.” 
 
 One of the brothers said their mother knew that Kimrey allegedly was sexually abusing Mariah, according to the documents, which say Kristy Woods “failed to protect juveniles from exposure to sexual abuse” and that Kimrey allegedly used illegal drugs. The two boys are now in the care of their maternal grandmother, the documenets said. 
 
 Kristy Woods was charged with misdemeanor simple assault and misdemeanor communicating threats in May 2016, but the charges were dismissed a month later. 
 
 The documents are a juvenile summons and notice of hearing and notes that the two boys have been placed in Department of Social Services custody temporarily, according to The Daily News. Woods and his ex-wife, Kristy, were scheduled to be in court over the custody of the boys Friday morning, where the court will decide if the allegations of abuse are accurate. If the court rules that the allegations are true, there will be another hearing to determine the fate of the brothers. 
 
 Officials have not said what led them to arrest Kimrey. 
 
 Kimrey is being held in the Onslow County Detention Center. He made his first court appearance Monday morning. 
 
 State arrest records show that Kimrey previously had been charged with larceny, assault, and drunk and disorderly conduct. Kimrey is originally from Mebane, his Facebook page says. He attended Orange High School in Hillsborough and Alamance Community College, according to the Facebook page. 
 
 Kristy Woods and Kimrey have a history with the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office, including: Kimrey’s arrest in 2012; an assault of a juvenile at the home in 2016; property damage at the home in 2016; and communicated threats, neighborhood disputes and a “suspicious incident” involving Kimrey two days after Mariah was reported missing, according to county records. 
 
 Mariah was presumed dead based on evidence gathered throughout the weeklong investigation into her disappearance, according to the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office. In a news conference on Saturday, FBI officials called the search for Mariah “a homicide investigation.” 
 
 Mariah allegedly was abducted from a home in the 2400 block of Dawson Cabin Road in Jacksonville, according to an Amber Alert issued Monday, Nov. 27. She was last seen alive when her mother put her to bed about 11 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 26, according to the Charlotte Division of the FBI. 
 
 More than 225 members of 14 local, state and federal agencies have conducted nearly 100 interviews in the case and followed more than 140 leads. Among them are the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment team and Team Adam from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. 
 
 Officials said 730 volunteers participated in a search for Mariah on Friday. The search expanded from Onslow to Pender County after Kimrey was arrested. Investigators also sorted through 95,000 pounds of trash by hand, searching for items of interest, the sheriff’s office said. 
 
 Several items of interest were sent to FBI experts in Quantico, Va., for testing shortly before Kimrey was arrested and the remains were found. ||||| A North Carolina man already in custody in connection with the death of his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter has now been charged with the child’s murder following the completion of an autopsy and additional testing, PEOPLE confirms. 
 
 Mariah Woods was killed by chloroform toxicity, the Onslow County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how, exactly, Mariah is suspected of coming into contact with the substance. 
 
 (Chloroform has historically been used as an anesthetic, and the image of a chloroform-soaked rag used by criminals to incapacitate others still appears in popular culture.) 
 
 Authorities announced the new charges against Adolphus Earl Kimrey II, 32, nearly two months after Mariah vanished in Jacksonville, North Carolina. 
 
 Mariah was reported missing on Nov. 27, authorities have said. Her remains were found by a dive team less than a week later, on Dec. 2, in a creek in nearby Pender County, North Carolina. 
 
 Kimrey — then the live-in boyfriend of Mariah’s mom, Kristy Woods — was arrested on Dec. 1 and has been in custody ever since. He was initially charged with concealing a death, obstruction of justice, second-degree burglary, felony larceny and possession of stolen property. 
 
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 Mariah Woods National Center for Missing and Exploited Children 
 
 The sheriff’s office said in a news release on Wednesday that the additional charges had been “pending the completion of the autopsy and other forensic lab analysis.” The autopsy was finished on Dec. 4, and the chemical and toxicology tests were completed and sent to local authorities on Monday. 
 
 In addition to first-degree murder, Kimrey was also charged with felony child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury or death. 
 
 “These additional charges do not mean the investigation is concluded but [we] will continue until all leads and information is thoroughly evaluated,” the sheriff’s office said. 
 
 Kimrey was set to appear in court later Wednesday on his new charges, the sheriff’s office said, but it was not immediately clear if he pleaded to them. It is not known how he pleaded to the previous charges in Mariah’s death. He remains in custody without bond. 
 
 Kimrey’s attorney could not immediately be reached by PEOPLE and sheriff’s officials were unavailable to comment on Wednesday night. 
 
 “The death of a child is always a sobering reminder of how fragile life is,” Onslow Sheriff Hans Miller said in the news release. “When the community is so deeply affected by such a horrific crime it is sometimes difficult to not allow our emotions to influence the decisions that we make. However, the best way to honor Mariah is to ensure a fair and thorough investigation, which will lead to a successful prosecution.” 
 
 “We must remember that through these moments, together, as a community we can ensure that justice will be delivered for Mariah,” Miller continued. “We sincerely thank the community for their patience and support through this entire investigation.” 
 
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 Mariah was reported missing about 6:45 a.m. on Nov. 27, officials said. Woods, her mom, said she last saw the girl the previous night before they went to sleep. 
 
 “My last memory of her was feeding her and putting her to bed,” Woods told a local TV station. “I told her I loved her and she loved me.” 
 
 When authorities initially arrived at the family’s home, they found no indication that an outsider had forced entry. According to a police report, there were five people in the house the night she disappeared: In addition to Kimrey and Woods, Mariah and her two older brothers were also present. 
 
 In its news release this week, the sheriff’s office said Woods “has been cooperative with the investigation and continues to cooperate with the detectives as the investigation continues.” 
 
 Adolphus Earl Kimrey II Onslow County Sheriff's Office 
 
 According to Kimrey’s arrest report, Woods told authorities that “the last time she saw her daughter was around 11:00 p.m. [on Nov. 26] when she went to check on her.” 
 
 Woods also said that “her live-in boyfriend checked on the toddler again when she woke up, and told her to go back to sleep. Woods went to check on her the following morning, but alerted authorities at around 6 a.m. when she couldn’t find her.” 
 
 Mariah’s father, Alex Woods, said he learned about the news of his daughter’s disappearance when he heard an AMBER Alert announced on the radio. He said he was shocked to hear Mariah’s name. 
 
 “It’s unreal. It’s a nightmare,” Alex told local TV station WCTI soon after his daughter went missing. “You hear about this stuff all the time, but you never think it’s going to happen to you or your kids.” 
 
 Prior to Kimrey’s arrest, Alex said he was suspicious of the circumstances around his daughter’s disappearance. 
 
 “Someone just walked right up in there, grabbed the 3-year-old out of the bed and she didn’t cry, she didn’t scream?” he said. “Nobody heard anything? Four people in the house, two adults and two kids, someone just comes up and snatches the baby and walks out?” 
 
 Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office, at 910-455-3113, or Crime Stoppers, at 910-938-3273. 
 
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– Disturbing details have surfaced in the case of Mariah Woods, the North Carolina 3-year-old found dead days after she disappeared from her mother's home. According to court documents seen by the Jacksonville Daily News, Earl Kimrey, the mother's live-in boyfriend, was accused of sexually abusing the girl and beating her two brothers, ages 5 and 10. Alex Woods, Mariah's biological father, provided Child Protective Services documents that state one of the boys saw Kimrey abuse the girl. The boy allegedly told CPS that mother Kristy Woods knew about the abuse, as well as Kimrey's use of drugs, including heroin and methamphetamine. Kimrey was arrested Dec. 1 in connection with the disappearance and faces charges including concealing a death, although prosecutors have yet to accuse anybody of killing the girl, the News & Observer reports. According to court documents, the two boys were placed in the care of their maternal grandmother Nov. 27, the same day Mariah was reported missing. WRIC reports that authorities confirmed Wednesday that a body found in a creek Saturday is that of the toddler. Investigators haven't disclosed how she died, though the case has been described as a homicide investigation and arrest documents accuse Kimrey of secretly disposing of the body, the New York Daily News reports.