Tennessee Mother Charged After Daughter's Mummified Remains Found in Memphis Hotel

Kimberly Moore, a 46-year-old woman from Memphis, Tennessee, was arrested after deputies discovered the mummified remains of her daughter, Chloe, in a hotel room at the Home Inn Suites. Authorities responded to a welfare check and found Moore making unusual claims, including that her husband owned the hotel and that she was overseeing employees. Despite a strong foul odor in the room, Moore denied smelling anything, and her daughter was found malnourished and in an advanced state of decomposition, with flies present. Medical examiners confirmed that Chloe had been deceased for an extended period, and the cause of death remains undetermined, with foul play not ruled out. Moore reportedly exhibited signs of a mental health crisis, hallucinating that her daughter was still alive and repeatedly stating that "God is with her and her daughter," leading to a court-ordered mental evaluation. She faces charges of abuse of a corpse and failure to report a dead body and is scheduled for further court appearances.