THE body of a Memphis woman missing since January has been found under the mattress of a hotel room where she had been living and had since been cleaned and rented out to other customers.

On January 27 Sony Millbrook was reported missing to the Memphis Police Department after she failed to pick up her children from school, myfoxmemphis.com reported.

Family members advised officers that they checked the hotel where Millbrook has been residing and she was not there.



Millbrook had been staying in room 222 at a Budget Inn and was last seen there at 7am local time by a staff member who advised officers the room had been locked that day for lack of payment but all of her personal belongings were still inside the apartment.

The case was assigned to the Missing Persons Bureau for follow-up investigation, however due to the nature of the incident the case was reassigned to Homicide in February.

A Homicide Investigator conducting a follow-up went to the Budget Inn, and spoke to two clerks and a security guard. The investigator learned that Millbrook did not make a payment after January 26 and her belongings were boxed up and the room released for rental.

On Tuesday, homicide investigators were called to room 222 where the body of a female had been located under the bed, after a report of a bad odour in the room. The body was identified as Millbrook's and it was apparent that she was the victim of a homicide. The cause of her death has not been released.

The bed in which the victim was located is a metal box frame which sets directly on the floor and the box springs and mattress set inside the metal frame. The room had been rented approximately five times and cleaned by the hotel staff numerous times since her death.

Homicide Investigators located Millbrook's boyfriend, LaKeith Moody, and interrogated him during the course of the investigation and later charged him with a gun violation.

He is currently in Mason, Tennessee, being held on a federal gun charge. Mr Moody remains a person of interest in this case.

Read more on this story at myfoxmemphis.com.