Amite Police say the remains found under that house are believed to be that of missing person Angela Stearns.
Stearns had been missing for over a year.
On June 24, the Amite City Police Department received information that human remains were buried under a house.
Detectives with Amite City Police Department along with detectives from Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Department responded to the 300 block of South Third Street, armed with a search warrant for the property. Once detectives made entry into the unoccupied residence, they observed the floor had been replaced recently. After uncovering the floor then digging into the ground, detectives were able to recover possible human remains.
Joanna Phelps from Amite was arrested and charged with Principle to First Degree Murder and Failure to report the Commission of Certain Felonies.
