A Northern California couple stored the body of the woman's three-year-old daughter in a suitcase and then in a freezer for three days after they beat the child to death, police said Tuesday.
Little Kayleigh Slusher was found dead in a bed in her mother's Napa home Saturday with blunt force trauma injuries and evidence of sexual assault.
Her mother, Sara Krueger, and the woman's boyfriend, Ryan Scott Warner, weren't home when the toddler was discovered, however, they were later accosted by police in a restaurant out of town.
According to court records, 'for three days the suspects stored (Kayleigh's) body in (a) suitcase and then placed the body in a freezer.'
