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‘I’m numb’: Mother speaks out after Detroit police halt search for Zion Foster’s remains in landfill

Mother speaks out after police halt search for Zion Foster’s remains in landfill

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – The search for Zion Foster’s remains in a Macomb County landfill has concluded and her body has not been found.

Foster disappeared on Jan. 4, 2022. Her cousin, Jaylin Brazier, was the last person to see her alive. Brazier, 23, was sentenced to prison in March for lying to authorities about his involvement in Foster’s disappearance.

He originally denied seeing his cousin at all, only to admit weeks later that he had thrown her body in a dumpster. Brazier said he panicked when he suddenly found his cousin dead, and that’s why he took her body to a dumpster.

“If police had moved faster when I said something instead of looking at it like she’s a runaway. She’s a child. She just turned 17,” her mother, Ciera Milton, said.

Police were searching a 100x100 foot area of Pine Tree Acres landfill in Lenox Township. The landfill is massive. Authorities believed that Foster’s body could be buried at least 75 to 100 feet beneath the surface of the landfill.

“I’m numb. I’m numb. I’m constantly looking at my baby’s pictures, family photos and little video snips. You know? Just so I can hear her voice. Hear her laugh,” Milton said.

The landfill search was supposed to last eight weeks and it started at the end of May.

“Can’t find her. Can’t find a piece of her. So I’ll forever know that that’s where my baby is supposed to be,” Milton said.

Police are expected to provide more information regarding the search during a press conference next week.

Read: Complete coverage on the search for Zion Foster


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Local 4 Defender Shawn Ley is an Emmy award-winning journalist who has been with Local 4 News for more than a decade.

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Kayla is a Web Producer for ClickOnDetroit. Before she joined the team in 2018 she worked at WILX in Lansing as a digital producer.

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