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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. -- Two people already face child neglect charges, and may be charged further after a baby was found in a shallow grave in West Virginia. According to MetroNews the suspects are Joseph Christy and Summer McDaniel from Maryville, Mo.

A news release from the Morgantown Police Department says they first got into trouble after initiating a police pursuit on Sunday. Police say Christy was a fugitive for escape from Colorado Springs and had stolen the car in Iowa. He was initially sought because the license plate on the front of the car was registered as stolen, and police tried to pull him over on an interstate ramp before he led multiple agencies on a pursuit that ended on Interstate 79.

After stopping Christy, police say they found four children in the back seat who weren't in car seats nor were they wearing seat belts.

The children were ages 11, 7, 4 and 2 and the lack of safety restraints resulted in both Christy and McDaniel being arrested and charged with four counts of child neglect. MetroNews reports that during police interviews a startling revelation was made.

"There were some interviews conducted and information was obtained that Mr. Christy and Ms. McDaniel had buried an infant child in the George Washington National Forest in Wardensville, West Virginia," West Virginia State Police Spokesman Lieutenant Mike Baylous told MetroNews.

Christy took authorities to the burial site in the forest where the remains of an infant child were discovered. The body has been sent to the state medical examiner for an autopsy where depending on the cause of death and other findings, the pair may face more charges.

They're being held in the North Central Regional Jail on $60,000 bonds for the child neglect charges, Christy also faces a charge for being a fugitive from justice. Lt. Baylous said both have lived all over the place, with their most recent address listed in Maryville.