The mother is accused of fatally injuring her 3 year old daughter and stuffing her body in a duffel bag admitted to striking the child after she had soiled her pants. Aisha Yvonne Thomas, 29, was arrested On a fatal injure charge, one day after calling 911 to report that her daughter had wandered off while they were walking to a grocery store. Officers searched her nearby apartment but things did not add up. The residence is typically the first place officers look for missing children, because they often hide in their own homes. After discrepancies emerged in Thomas’ account, Spencer said, officers searched the apartment again. That's when a wet, moldy smell led officers to a closet in the master bedroom, the report said. Inside, the missing girl's lifeless body was found in the bag, wrapped in white trash bags, the report said. The

child was cold to the touch and had visible abrasions and bruises on the left side of her head. In an initial interview with detectives after the girl was found, Thomas maintained that her daughter had gone missing during their walk. But in a later interview conducted at Metro’s headquarters, Thomas told police that she had backhanded the girl, striking her on the left side of the head after the girl wet herself. Thomas said she left her crying daughter on the ground after giving her water, the report said. When she returned to the apartment after walking to a corner store, Thomas told police, the girl was unresponsive and wrapped in a blanket. In a panic, she hid her daughter in the duffel bag inside the closet, adding that she had wrapped her in the trash bags to conceal the smell. Watch Video Below