Woman kills 6 year old girl over a grudge she had with her mom

A woman in Louisiana has been accused of murdering a six-year-old girl, placing her body in a barrel, and dumping it on her mother's front lawn, according to court records.

Police in Harahan, Louisiana, found the body of Bella Fontenelle, 6, inside a chlorine drum that was left outside her mother Jennifer Zeledon's home. Bella's father, Michael Fontenelle, reported that both she and his girlfriend had gone missing.

He alerted police to the missing duo around 7.30am on Wednesday, Sheriff Joe Lopinto told WDSU.

Law enforcement believes that Mr Fontenelle's girlfriend, Bunnak "Hannah" Landon, 43, killed Bella at the home where they lived. Jefferson Parish Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich determined the girl had been strangled and beaten, per a report from the New Orleans Advocate.

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A woman in Louisiana has been accused of murdering a six-year-old girl, placing her body in a barrel, and dumping it on her mother's front lawn, according to court records.

Police in Harahan, Louisiana, found the body of Bella Fontenelle, 6, inside a chlorine drum that was left outside her mother Jennifer Zeledon's home. Bella's father, Michael Fontenelle, reported that both she and his girlfriend had gone missing.

He alerted police to the missing duo around 7.30am on Wednesday, Sheriff Joe Lopinto told WDSU.

Law enforcement believes that Mr Fontenelle's girlfriend, Bunnak "Hannah" Landon, 43, killed Bella at the home where they lived.


Jefferson Parish Coroner Gerry Cvitanovich determined the girl had been strangled and beaten, per a report from the New Orleans Advocate.


“I want to add that Bella’s body was intact and contrary to public speculation, there was no dismemberment of any kind,” he said, according to a WWL report. “Child deaths are always terrible, especially ones like this that should not have happened. Quite honestly, it’s personal for all of us.”

Ms Landon allegedly stuffed the girl's body into a 10-gallon chlorine drum and sealed it with a lid before loading it into a child's play wagon and dragging it more than a block to Ms Zeldon's house on Tuesday evening, according to authorities.

Law enforcement officials found the barrel while searching for Bella, discovering her body stuffed inside after they opened its lid.

Police say they recovered footage from surveillance video showing a woman dragging the bucket toward Ms Zeledon's house. The woman in the footage is wearing white boots, a red shirt and black pants. Here is the link to the full story.

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