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The father of the girl that police believed was killed in Jacksonville, then put in the back of a car and taken over 600 miles away to West Virginia, is reacting to his daughter’s death.

Donath Plummer spoke with our news partners at Action News JAX about the death of his 11 year old daughter, Kaye-Lea Plummer.

"She just always brought a smile to my face, no matter how I was feeling." Plummer says.

According to Plummer, the Mother, Erica Newsome told him that Kaye-Lea and Newsome were on the way to see him in Buffalo, New York.

Plummer said that when he found out about what happened he was at work.

"They had said they found them at the scene of the accident, but they don't believe, they didn't believe my daughter had died in the accident." Plummer says.

Police say the mother of Kaye-Lea dragged her about 150 feet over an embankment after a car crash in West Virginia last weekend. Police suspect foul play was involved in Plummer’s death and they believe the girl died in Jacksonville. Police are investigating a home on the Northside of Jacksonville. The cause of death is undetermined at this time.

Kaye-Lea’s mother was arrested in West Virginia and charged with concealment of a dead body. Reports from West Virginia say Newsome confessed to killing and abusing Kaye-Lea.

Donath Plummer describes what it felt like when he heard the news of Kaye-Lea’s death.

"The worst news anyone could ever bring you" Plummer says.

JSO and the West Virginia State Police continue to investigate the incident.